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Time to Act Presidential on Afghanistan

After 'yearlong drift,' Obama can't keep passing buck to Bush

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 30, 2009 11:40 AM CDT

(Newser) – President Obama loves to blame things on George W. Bush, and on Monday he did it again, referring to the “long years of drift in Afghanistan.” He must be trying to “explain away his own, well, yearlong drift on Afghanistan,” writes... Read full story »

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