Historical clue formulations

• Roots — 2024-02-03
• Places among the troops, as a journalist — 2022-01-10
• Sets securely — 2018-01-19
• Firmly plants — 2016-03-09
• Some Iraq war reporters — 2010-03-09
• Fixes firmly — 2008-05-11
• Fixes firmly — 1999-06-27
• Fixes firmly — 1994-07-17