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(Thomas Jefferson)


Sunday, October 4, 2009

President is AWOL as our commander

Last Updated: 4:54 AM, October 4, 2009

Michael Goodwin

IF you still doubt Presi dent Obama is trying to do too many things and is giving short shrift to the most important ones, consider this pathetic scene at the Copenhagen airport. It was Friday, and the president went to Denmark to make his pitch for the Chicago Olympics.

Before Air Force One took off for home, Obama met with Gen. Stanley McChrystal. Our commander in Afghanistan was summoned from London and got 25 minutes of face time with the commander-in-chief.

That's it -- 25 minutes on the plane for the man Obama picked to lead 68,000 troops and rescue a war he calls one of "necessity." Compare that to the 14 hours or so Obama wasted flying and speaking about the Olympics, and you get a snapshot of a president off course.

Excerpt: See NY Post for Full Article

NOTE: One of many articles questioning the President talking to General McChrystal for 25 minutes while spending all the time with the IOC in a losing effort for Chicago. Obviously this President and this Administration as their priorities screwed up.

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