legislative groundwork<\/a> for military intervention in Iran. <\/p>\nWith Ansari\u2019s space flight scheduled for September 14th, one can only wonder what she would be thinking if she gazes down from the International Space Station \u2013 after having shown through her example what is possible when you put the best of America and the best of the Muslim world together \u2013 only to see small dots of light scattered over the land of her birth.<\/p>\n
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