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At 11 seasons--three times or so the length of the Korean "police action" it was set in--this sitcom had time to be many shows. It was a political satire, a searing medical drama, a Marx Brothers--like comedy, a tense war comedy, a sex farce and a liberal soapbox. But from its acerbic early years to its earnest latter seasons (starring--above, from left--Alan Alda, Harry Morgan and Mike Farrell), it was a tour de force of TV writing. This 36-disc set offers it all, plus documentaries, a trivia game and the 1970 movie by the late Robert Altman. (The spin-off AfterM*A*S*H is thankfully omitted.) Fire up the still and settle in for a long, hilarious war.

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President BARACK OBAMA, at NATO talks involving over 50 world leaders, describing the withdrawal of 130,000 combat troops from Afghanistan, planned for the end of 2014
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