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 With the long history of battles for democracy in Europe shadowing him, President Obama on June 2 embarks on a week-long trip to Poland, Belgium and France that he hopes will convince the world that the United States remains a bulwark defending democratic government at the same time it closes the book on more than a decade of war.

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