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Afghan Policy
Oct 21 2009, Prince

One-hundred percent of this morning’s new Afghanistan war polling is bad news for Barack Obama’s administration. In fact, it’s a double-dose of bad news:

One, it confirms the developing trend of crumbling civilian support for the military struggle...

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