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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Helene Cooper / The Bulletin
November 12, 2009
WASHINGTON — When President Barack Obama delivered a rare public call last week for President Hamid Karzai to crack down on corruption in Afghanistan, there was one glaring omission from his remarks — an “or else.”
Obama’s exclusion of the obvious threat — that he will pull American troops out....