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Just another "accountability moment"?

State Department granted immunity to Blackwater employees in shooting incident.
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    More Vocabulary

    Instead of "lacuna", try using "cloaca". Kloh-ay-kah. Look it up! Use it in conversation! DO NOT name your baby girl Cloaca!

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