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In United States v. Windsor, a 79-year-old lesbian named Edith Windsor sued the federal government when she was forced to pay estate taxes on her deceased wife's property, something that heterosexual couples don't have to do.

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And in Iraq, finally, violence is on the rise again, and the country has yet to form a government four months after its last parliamentary elections.

The government also promises land and hunting rights in the surrounding states.

In fact, this is the only war in American history in which the government negotiated a peace by conceding everything demanded by the enemy.

1871: The Indian Appropriation Act makes all Indians wards of the federal government.

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