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Did the Bush Administration Sit for 8 Months on a Request for Troops?

In the new issue of THE WEEKLY STANDARD, Stephen F. Hayes debunks two Obama administration talking point on Afghanistan: "First, that the Bush administration had no real Afghanistan policy and failed for eight years to ask the important questions about... Full Article at The Weekly Standard

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  1. Source: Think Progress 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... Full Article at Democratic Underground

  2. In his speech last night to the Center for Security Policy, former vice president Cheney blew the whistle on some egregious dishonesty by the Obama administration: What kind of people are running the Executive Branch and conducting American policy? Full Article at Never Yet Melted

  3. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) pointed her finger at the Bush administration Thursday, blaming it for the current conditions in Afghanistan. Full Article at Talk Radio News Service

  4. Dick Cheney says the Bush administration left the Obama administration with a plan (and a good one) for Afghanistan: The President’s chief of staff claimed that the Bush Administration hadn’t asked any tough questions about Afghanistan, and he... Full Article at The New Republic

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  5. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Afghanistan on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 2, 2009.
  6. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 02:  Sgt. Joseph Delair of Syracuse, New York, with the Army's Blackfoot Company 1st Battalion 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, trains Afghan National Policemen at the Sarhowza District Center on December 2, 2009 near Sarhowza, Afghanistan.
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  8. BERLIN - DECEMBER 02:  German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) chats with former Minister of Work and Social Issues Franz Josef Jung (R) during a session at  the German lower house of parliament, the Bundestag on December 2, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.

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