I told my daughter that terrorists would love to attack Washington, but we, unlike the French, are an … - Dana Milbank

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Dana Milbank

I told my daughter that terrorists would love to attack Washington, but we, unlike the French, are an ocean away from Syria, that lots of smart people are working very hard to stop the terrorists, and that the terrorists are not very sophisticated.

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By journalistic custom and D. C. law, of course, reporters don't carry guns to news conferences -- and certainly not when the person at the lectern is the NRA's Asa Hutchinson, an unremarkable former congressman and Bush administration official whom most reporters couldn't pick out of a lineup. But the NRA wasn't going to leave any doubt about its superior firepower.

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After the 9
11 attacks, I dutifully stocked up on rolls of duct tape and N-95 masks, as the government recommended.

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Parents can't indulge our fears. We're supposed to make our kids feel safe, even if we don't feel safe ourselves.

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Living in the capital, I worry about terrorism, but I no longer panic. For this I have my child to thank.

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President Bush is often out there talking about the importance of staying the course, and about the sacrifice, but he has not attended a funeral of a soldier who has fallen in Iraq.

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