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John McGahern quote: "I feel I grew up in a different century than I live in. I..."

I feel I grew up in a different century than I live in. I think most of them are changes for the good.

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When you combine the men and women deployed from our military installations with activated reservists and members of the National Guard, Georgia is contributing more personnel to the theatre than any other State in our Union. Sonny Perdue