neptunuslex.com - 10/26/2009
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For a moment of crystal clarity :
Several top White House officials, including Emanuel, Jones, David Axelrod, and Joe Biden, remain skeptical of escalating U.S. military engagement in Afghanistan. And according to the man who conducted the Afghanistan review for the Obama White House, Bruce ...
thinkprogress.org - 10/25/2009
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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 ...
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Podesta: Bush Administration Spent Only One Hour On ...
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 10/26/2009
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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.
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Obama Defends Afghanistan Timetable
thinkprogress.org - 10/23/2009
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thinkprogress.org —
Last night in a speech to the Center
for Security Policy, Vice President Cheney attacked President Obama...
for “ dithering ” on whether to add more troops to Afghanistan. “[T]he success of our mission in Afghanistan is not only ...
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Gibbs Responds to Cheney: He ‘Seems To Have Forgotten ...
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Team Obama: Afghanistan Decision Coming Soon And Oh Yeah, Rahm Lied About The Bush Administration
Ace of Spades HQ —
... we can show articles where these things are discussed. While some of the information was helpful, the President obviously found it instructive to do a review of his own, and that's what Bruce Riedel did in the spring, which led to the President signing off on additional forces that went to Afghanistan. One other thing Bruce Riedel found that the White House and Sheriff Joe Biden are as worried about the politics of Afghanistan than they are the strategy. Maybe even more worried about the politics . I think a big part of it is, the vice presidents reading of the Democratic ...
Obama Ain’t Trying, Rahm Is Lying, And Troops Are Dying
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
... One other thing Bruce Riedel found that the White House and Sheriff Joe Biden are as worried about the politics of Afghanistan than they are the strategy. Maybe even more worried about the politics. ...
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