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<em>The Atlantic</em> Politics Daily: For Those Too Young to Remember 9/11

Something like a quarter of Americans today weren’t even born on 9/11. Plus: The Trump administration considers a national ban on flavored e-cigarettes.
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Eighteen years later, the 9/11 terrorist attacks can feel like a distant blur—and that’s for those of us who remember the panic and confusion of that day; something like a quarter of Americans today weren’t even born yet.

That may be why for many Americans, the faraway war in Afghanistan seems to take place out

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