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By Paul Bedard

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Last year's troop surge hasn't just made things better in Iraq. Fewer active duty service members are being buried at Arlington National Cemetery. "It's not as busy," says Superintendent John Metzler. He says that the facility, which is running out of space, has averaged 124 war-related burials a year.

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