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Charles Krauthammer: Obama should start preparing his three envelopes

"Niki, I'm dying. Don't have much to leave you. Just three envelopes. Open them, one at a time, when you get into big trouble." A few years later, first crisis. Khrushchev opens envelope 1: "Blame everything on me. Uncle Joe." Full Article at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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