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'Muted by Reality'
online.wsj.com — JAMES TARANTO Barack Obama was elected president a month ago and does not take office for another 6 weeks. But his most fervent supporters already have reason to be disappointed in him. Witness the headline of a "news analysis" in today's New York ... (more) 'Muted by Reality'
Obama vs. Osama
tnr.com — Around the time of the November election, John Nagl, a retired Army Colonel, took a helicopter ride across Afghanistan. What he saw below worried him. Nagl, who is 42 with trim brown hair and academic eyeglasses, spent three years in Iraq, including ... (more) Obama vs. Osama
Why Not Baghdad?
weeklystandard.com — Word on the street is Obama will head to an Arab capital for a major speech in his first 100 days. I doubt anyone in the United States will care much one way or the other, preoccupied as we are by our own economic problems, but that's not to say such ... (more) Why Not Baghdad?
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