"I guess I thought of it as an American tragedy, " says Guralnick of how he approached the story.

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And for towns like that, I would just to say it is an American tragedy that some of these towns for 20 years have been losing jobs.

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Across this country's history, the murder of an American ambassador, the nation's representative, has been taken as not merely a tragedy but an attack on U.S. interests that demands an official accounting to the American people.

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There is an echo of Greek tragedy about the succession of blows striking a single American family.

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As a runner, a wife, a mom, a sister, a daughter and an American, my thoughts and prayers go out to the families of those whose lives were affected by this terrible tragedy.

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