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weeklystandard.com - 10/24/2009
Did the Bush Administration Sit for 8 Months on a Request for Troops?
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In the new issue of THE WEEKLY STANDARD, Stephen F. Hayes debunks two Obama administration talking point on Afghanistan: "First, that the Bush administration had no real Afghanistan policy and failed for eight years to ask the important questions about the war there. And second, that the Bush ...
Podesta: Bush Administration Spent Only One Hour On Afghanistan Report It Handed Off To Obama
thinkprogress.org - 10/25/2009
Podesta: Bush Administration Spent Only One Hour On Afghanistan Report It Handed Off To Obama
— thinkprogress.org — For weeks, former Bush administration officials have been attacking President Obama for “dithering” on whether to send... more troops to Afghanistan, with Vice President Cheney saying that “ signals of indecision out of Washington hurt ... (more) Podesta: Bush Administration Spent Only One Hour On ...

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What Did Bush Bequeath Obama in Afghanistan?
tnr.com - 10/22/2009
What Did Bush Bequeath Obama in Afghanistan?
— tnr.com — Dick Cheney says the Bush administration left the Obama administration with a plan (and a good one)... for Afghanistan: read more (more) What Did Bush Bequeath Obama in Afghanistan?

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Obama Defends Afghanistan Timetable
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 10/26/2009
Obama Defends Afghanistan Timetable
— thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com — While the president didn't mention criticism by former Vice President Dick Cheney that the White House was... "dithering" on strategy, he made it clear he wouldn't be pressured into a decision. (more) Obama Defends Afghanistan Timetable

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