To the Editor : We now have 50 million people in Iraq and Afghanistan with a chance for freedom ; democracy inching forward in the Middle East ; hope in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict ; 5 percent unemployment ; a 3.8 percent rise in the gross domestic product ; several million jobs created ; minority achievement gap narrowing ; two Supreme Court justices and counting .
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