Essay Host Howard Berkes has some thoughts about his friend David, one of the Lost Boys of Sudan. A Christian targeted by Sudan's Islamic fundamentalist government, David escaped to the U.S., where he graduated from college and joined the army... and where he's now prepared to die for his adopted country.

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October 6, 200212:00 AM ET

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Host Howard Berkes has some thoughts about his friend David, one of the Lost Boys of Sudan. A Christian targeted by Sudan's Islamic fundamentalist government, David escaped to the U.S., where he graduated from college and joined the army... and where he's now prepared to die for his adopted country.