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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:00 AM

Criticisms, political pressure and Barack Obama

The president-elect's advisors respond to the firestorm created by Sunday's remarks on Guantanamo, illustrating the value of criticizing Obama when he deserves it.
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  • Tuesday, January 13, 2009 01:33 PM

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    NYT and the war: True, but with better reporting we can only hope that the editor would have had a stronger reason to be truly anti-war.

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