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The Verbatim Record

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Before her accuser can speak at nine o'clock sharp, an interpreter sits two presidents down and reads them their own words — the real ones, and the ones she invented to keep them from going to war.

Part 3 of 3 in War, in Other Words

A las seis y media de la mañana, Micaela terminó de imprimir su propia carpeta: dos columnas, original y versión oficial, sin nada subrayado. No pensaba esperar a las nueve. Néstor consiguió la reunión.

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