War requiem.(Devil in the Details)(Marla Ruzicka)(Obituary)

MARLA RUZICKA ALWAYS knew how to get people's attention, Lieutenant Lars Ewing told the hundreds of people crammed into Room 325 of the Russell Senate Office Building for her memorial service on May 14. Plainly struggling to retain his composure, Ewing--after turning his head to the side, scrunching up his face, and uttering an audible, "Whew"--told the gathering a story about his childhood friend, a 28-year-old human-rights worker who was killed in Iraq by a terrorist's bomb on April 16.

In particular, he recalled one instance when Ruzicka pulled up in front of Ewing's ...

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