<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-21/magazine/winter-2006/uncompromising-patriotism-and-patriotic-compromise-ambiguous-american-experience.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Uncompromising Patriotism and Patriotic Compromise: The Ambiguous American Experience</title><excerpt>Richard Pointer, Professor of History, Reflects on David McCullough’s Talk for the Westmont Foundation Lecture Series February 15, 2006</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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