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Fact check: What did Obama say about the surge?
hotair.com - 7/29/2008
Fact check: What did Obama say about the surge?
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Fact Checking Obama on the Surge
The Corner on National Review Online — [image] [image] NRO BLOG ROW | THE CORNER | ARCHIVES SEARCH E-MAIL PRINT RSS STAY SANE THROUGHOUT 2008: SUBSCRIBE TO NR (50% OFF!) HERE . [image] Tuesday, July 29, 2008 [image] Fact Checking Obama on the Surge [ Mark Hemingway ] Jake Tapper is on the case once again . (via Hot Air ) 07/29 01:49 PM [image] [image] [image] © National Review Online 2008. All Rights Reserved. Home | Search | NR / Digital | Donate | Media Kit | Contact Us This ...

Obama's Surge Revisionism: Deny, Deny, Deny
Weekly Standard Blog — ... the deaths that have been occurring over the last several weeks, you hadn't seen any real significant difference over what we've seen in the last year.” From there, it doesn't seem he made any comments along those lines until August 2007. As Tapper points out, Obama's tepid statement that violence would "temporarily" go down "in certain neighborhoods" statement occurred after relevant votes and debate on the surge in February of 2007. (Hat tip: Ed Morrissey)

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