CLARK:
I was.
(a beat)
He was killed in Iraq.
GENERAL:
I’m sorry. How?
CLARK:
He was clearing UXOs in Baghdad. He stepped on a mine and…
GENERAL:
He was a hero.
CLARK:
Yes, sir.
GENERAL:
He died for our freedom.
CLARK:
Yes, sir. Him and four thousand four hundred others.
He regards her curiously.
GENERAL:
What’s your name, Lieutenant?
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