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    • Robert W. Philbrook passes out toothbrushes and toothpaste to Iraqi children in Baghdad in May 2005. Boy Scouts from the United States shipped him hundreds of kits to distribute in an act of goodwill. (Photo courtesy of Robert W. Philbrook)

      Robert W. Philbrook grew up playing war.

      As a boy, it seemed simple: In games of hide-and-seek, he and his friends sneaked between buildings, guarded their “forts"—and shot the “bad guys” before they shot back.

      Years later, Philbrook enlisted with the California Army National Guard a few months after the Sept. 11 attacks. Shortly before he left for Iraq in 2005, a question from his then-6-year-old son Ryan stripped bare the reality of war. In Philbrook’s words:

      Sitting in the car that day, he looked at me and said, "Can I ask you a question, Daddy?"

      I told my son, yes, he could ask me anything. After a moment, he said: "You said you might have to kill someone in the war, right?"

      I nodded and said to him that is what soldiers sometimes have to do.

      He

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    • Prohibiting civilians from owning military-style firearms, requiring all guns to be locked away in homes and stepping up school safety are among the recommendations raised in a 16-page interim report released on Monday by the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission.

      The panel, established by Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy in the aftermath of the Newtown shooting massacre, was asked to “review current policy and make specific recommendations in the areas of public safety and mental health policy, with a focus on children and schools.”

      Monday’s interim report to Malloy addresses 42 concerns when it comes to preventing gun violence, school safety and emergency planning.

      The most notable include the following:

      • Mandatory background checks on the sale or transfer of any firearm, including long guns, at private sales and sales at gun shows.
      • Requiring registration, including a certificate of registration, for any firearm. This certificate should be issued after the completion of a background check
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    • Ma'lik Richmond cries in juvenile court. (AP/Pool)

      CNN's coverage of the Steubenville, Ohio, rape verdict involving a pair of high-school football players is being harshly criticized for its focus on the rapists rather than the 16-year-old victim.

      "I've never experienced anything like it," CNN correspondent Poppy Harlow said live outside the juvenile court in Steubenville. "It was incredibly emotional—incredibly difficult even for an outsider like me to watch what happened as these two young men that had such promising futures, star football players, very good students, literally watched as they believe their life fell apart."

      Harlow continued:

      One of the young men, Ma'lik Richmond, when that sentence came down, he collapsed. He collapsed in the arms of his attorney, Walter Madison. He said to me, "My life is over. No one is going to want me now." Very serious crime here. Both found guilty of raping this 16-year-old girl at a series of parties back in August, alcohol-fueled parties. Alcohol is a huge part in this.

      [Related: The reaction to the #Steubenville verdict on Twitter]

      Both Richmond and Trent Mays, the other defendant, stood up and apologized to the victim and her family. Harlow described the scene to Candy Crowley.

      "I was sitting about three feet from Ma'lik when he gave that statement. It was very difficult to watch," Harlow said. "This was an incredibly emotional day. These two juveniles being carried out and they will be committed today, Candy."

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