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Obama Will Address Nation On Afghanistan Decision Tuesday Night
Christina Bellantoni | November 25, 2009, 10:16AM
President Obama holds what will likely be the final meeting of his War Council before deciding to send a surge of troops to Afghanistan. Official White House photo.
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President Obama will address the nation from West Point Military Academy at 8 p.m. Tuesday to explain his decision on sending more troops to Afghanistan, Robert Gibbs told reporters in his morning gaggle.
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ilovebacon
November 25, 2009 10:45 AM
"Presidente" Obama? Who wrote this headline, Juan Valdez?
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Unmitigated Audacity
November 25, 2009 11:03 AM in reply to ilovebacon
Well, we are looking more and more like a Banana Republic...
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JeffB
November 25, 2009 1:15 PM in reply to Unmitigated Audacity
Will Obama's decision to deploy more troops in Afghanistan improve or hurt his approval ratings?
http://www.youpolls.com/details.asp?pid=6544
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Unmitigated Audacity
November 25, 2009 11:02 AM
Oh God, another terrible decision. An intractable, impossible, unwinnable situation? Let's jump in with more resources (that we can't afford)!
The banking/monetary system has collapsed? Let's give the criminal banksters $24 trillion of zero interest money (that we can't afford)!
Worst unemployment since the Great Depression? Let's hold a jobs summit!
45 million people uninsured; skyrocketing health costs? Let's force them to buy insurance from the scurrilous, profiteering Insurance Industry (which we can't afford).
This guy is a Democrat? Change? Hope? Yes, McCain/Palin would have been worse, but I am beyond bitterly disappointed with this man and the Democratic Party. They have blown the chance of a generation to make needed shifts in our policy priorities. They have opened the door for a crazed, fascistic GOP to regain power when they could have buried them for a generation.
Pah.
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rbe1
November 25, 2009 11:31 AM in reply to Unmitigated Audacity
Well said and true, especially with respect to the last paragraph. I believe most people don't yet realize that he's already blown it. Too timid to a fault.
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elle a
November 25, 2009 6:39 PM
excuse me, did robert gibbs ACTUALLY say the president will EXPLAIN his decision to send more troops?
or did he really say the president will announce his decision on afghanistan? which one is it?
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