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washingtonindependent.com - 12/1/2009
Why Would Anyone Think the Bush Administration Botched Afghanistan?
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Politico reporters transcribe, you decide: Cheney was asked if he thinks the Bush administration bears any responsibility for the disintegration of Afghanistan because of the attention and resources that were diverted to Iraq. “I basically don’t,” he replied without elaborating. Right, and why ...
Obama Sets Faster Troop Deployment to Afghanistan
nytimes.com - 12/1/2009
Obama Sets Faster Troop Deployment to Afghanistan
— nytimes.com — WASHINGTON — President Obama has decided to expedite the deployment of 30,000 additional American troops to Afghanistan... over the next six months, in an effort to reverse the momentum of Taliban gains and create urgency for the government in Kabul to ... (more) Obama Sets Faster Troop Deployment to Afghanistan
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Afghanistan: Mr. President, My Recommendations
chaffetz.house.gov - 11/30/2009
Afghanistan: Mr. President, My Recommendations
— chaffetz.house.gov —  Afghanistan: Mr. President, My RecommendationsNovember 30, 2009 The United States military is the best fighting force in the... world.  I have no doubt in their ability to carry out the missions for which they’ve been ... (more) Afghanistan: Mr. President, My Recommendations
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isaf.nato.int - 12/2/2009
ISAF Commander's Statement Regarding U.S. President's Announcement
— isaf.nato.int — KABUL, Afghanistan (Dec. 2) - The statement of General Stanley McChrystal, Commander NATO International Security Assistance Force... and U.S. Forces Afghanistan regarding the address by The President of the United States:"The Afghanistan-Pakistan review ... (more) ISAF Commander's Statement Regarding U.S. President's ...
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TPM Election Central:  Cheney: 'I Basically Don't' Think Bush Administration Responsible For Afghanistan Problems

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Cheney: 'I Basically Don't' Think Bush Administration Responsible For Afghanistan Problems
TPM Election Central — ... As Spencer Ackerman points out, Cheney's statement comes right on the heels of a Senate report saying that the United States missed an opportunity to capture Osama bin Laden in December 2001, in Tora Bora. And even without that relevant piece of news, the fact remains that the Bush Administration handed off the Afghanistan situation to Obama in the eighth year of the conflict. ...

Winning The Morning
Eschaton — Politico is so unbelievably bad.

More Cheney
The Reaction — By Creature Dick Cheney cherry-picks reporters even better than he cherry-picks intelligence.

Cheney Jibber Jabber
democracyarsenal.org — ... Fortunately, Spencer doesn't share the former vice-president's tongue-losing affliction, or the Politico reporting team's inability to recollect fairly-recent history: ...

Obama Crosses His Rubicon
DownWithTyranny! — ... . Conservatives, the representatives of wealthy, anti-democratic elites, have never considered any party that represents the interests of ordinary working citizens as legitimate. She ponders how they will manage-- never doubting they will-- to use the Afghanistan problem they created for Obama, primarily as a way to hurt him politically. ...

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