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What Thatcher Could Teach Obama

Reflecting on Iron Lady 30 years after her election

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted May 4, 2009 2:52 PM CDT

(Newser) – Thirty years after Margaret Thatcher’s election as Britain’s prime minister, Michael Elliott reflects on three things the Iron Lady could teach President Obama. First, Elliott notes in Time, Thatcher “knew what she wanted,” using a “short set of criteria” to...   Read full story »

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