As the nation mourns the loss in combat of thirty of its military heroes - including 22 members of the Navy's elite SEAL Team 6 - in Afghanistan over the weekend, the question inevitably occurs: What are we fighting for that justifies this latest among so much sacrifice in that distant, backwards and inhospitable land?
It started at 4:45 a.m. when the sound of a dying seal permeated my dreams, and I was still in a semi-sleep state when I realized the mortally wounded seal was in fact my six-year-old son, lying on the floor by my bed, unable to draw breath.
Sixth seed Pliskova, 18, came back from 4-1 down in the tie-break to seal victory in one hour 20 minutes.
Trailing from the first leg of their 1984 European Cup-Winners' Cup tie, David Hay's team beat Rapid 3-0 to apparently seal their place in the quarter-finals 4-3 on aggregate.
But Rovers held their nerve in the penalty shoot-out to seal a place in the last four.
In the women's draw, Li Na beat defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-4 6-2 to secure reach the semifinals and seal her place in the season-ending WTA Championships in Istanbul.
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It looked as though the home team would seal victory in extra-time after Benni McCarthy had scored a penalty to make it 3-2, but Paulo Ferreira struck deep into injury-time to take the match to penalties.
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Krumm, the sixth seed, broke again to take the set and twice more in the second to seal a 6-3 6-3 victory in 63 minutes.
The win made them the first team since Manchester City in 2000 to seal back-to-back promotions from League One to the Premier League in two years.
After taking the first set, the two-time champion blew a 5-2 lead in the second-set tiebreaker before breaking early in the third to seal the match.
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Australia will be going all out to try to make sure they seal it in this game - it's going to be a ripper of a game.
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In June he appeared at a Democratic governors' meeting in Chicago accompanied by a presidential-looking seal an eagle clutching an olive branch in one claw and arrows in the other and emblazoned with the slogan Vero Possimus (Yes we can).
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Reds forward Jed Hooper scored a hat-trick in just 19 second-half minutes to seal the victory.
The Blues have lost just twice in 13 games and could seal a place in the new Magners League end-of-season play-offs should they beat defending league champions Munster at the Arms Park next Sunday and deny them a bonus point.
Gloucester man Milkins had led 64-0 in the ninth frame but failed to seal it and 21-year-old Allen took advantage.
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But Macqueen - who inspired Australia to 1999 Rugby World Cup triumph in Wales - was pleased to seal the Delve deal.
Attorneys for those parties say they expect no letup from the man who has given his staff watches that bear his name, the independent-counsel seal and the words IN RE MICHAEL ESPY.
Canada's Raonic, who claimed his first ATP title at the 2011 tournament, found himself 1-5 down in the second set, but recovered to seal a 6-2 7-6 (9-7) win late into the night.
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In other tennis action Sunday, Fed Cup holders the Czech Republic beat Italy 4-1 in Ostrava to seal their place in the final.
Dr. Kenney, who died Feb. 14 at age 77, played physician to all the marine park's captive animals, including penguins, dolphins and Google the Great, a one-ton elephant seal he personally bagged in Mexico.
But Sharapova's nerve soon returned as she took an early lead in the tie-break which she never relinquished to seal a win over the Czech who beat her in last year's Wimbledon final.
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Chimbonda only lasted one season with Wigan before his form at right-back prompted Tottenham to seal his signature in 2006.
John Isner can seal America's place in the semi-finals if he beats the French No.1 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the first singles rubber.
Panetta contacted Vice-Admiral Bill McRaven, the SEAL in charge of JSOC.
Those less trekking-inclined can contemplate Croagh Patrick aboard an idyllic cruise around the bay with companies such as Clewbay Cruises, whose 90-minute cruises also take in seal colonies and unspoilt sand dunes.
Burnley's first-half composure had disappeared and Spurs hit the Clarets again with two more goals inside three minutes to seal the victory - and almost certainly a place in a second successive final.
But the BBC's Jane Little, in Washington, says Seal Team Six is now a household name, celebrated on T-shirts and immortalised in film.
An Iraq war veteran charged with murdering an ex-US Navy Seal sniper received psychiatric care twice in recent months, police records show.
Tyreke Evans had 21 points and nine rebounds, and DeMarcus Cousins added 19 points and 11 rebounds but missed a pair of difficult 3-pointers in the final seconds to seal Sacramento's latest loss.
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