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President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the economy,Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, at Cuyahoga Community College West Campus in Parma, Ohio. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (AP)

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This image provided by Simon & Schuster shows the cover of Bob Woodward's new book, "Obama's Wars". Woodward's latest investigative work will run 441 pages and show Obama "making the critical decisions on the Afghanistan War, the secret war in Pakistan and the worldwide fight against terrorism," Simon & Schuster announced Tuesday Sept. 7, 2010. The book is scheduled to go on sale Sept. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Simon & Schuster) NO SALES (AP)

Judging Woodward's Obama book by its cover

Barack Obama addressing the nation about the end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq

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End of Iraq combat: "America is more secure"

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In this Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 photo, an Afghan woman walks with her son under an election billboard asking people to vote for upcoming parliamentarian election in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghans will go to the polls for parliamentary elections in September. After a fraud-ridden presidential election last year that nearly undermined President Hamid Karzai's legitimacy and international support, the Sept. 18 parliamentary ballot is being watched closely as a test of whether the Afghan government is serious about reform. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq) (AP)

Tracy Clark-Flory

U.S. Army General David Petraeus, commander of U.S. Central Command, speaks about Iraq at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) annual meeting in Washington October 6, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES POLITICS MILITARY) (Â© Kevin Lamarque / Reuters)

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** RETRANSMISSION OF NYR103 FOR ALTERNATE CROP ** Michael Enright, right, confers with his attorney Jason Martin, during his arraignment in a New York City courtroom on charges that include attempted murder as a hate crime, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. Enright is accused of slashing taxi driver Ahmed H. Sharif with a hand tool on Tuesday, Aug. 24, after the driver said he was Muslim. (AP Photo/Steven Hirsch, Pool) (AP)

Cabbie-stabber had "anti-Muslim" diary

Army: Soldiers plotted to kill Afghan civilians

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Tracy Clark-Flory

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A screen shot of Michael Enright's Facebook page.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Sweden rescinds rape warrant for WikiLeaks founder

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Why are we willing to repeat history's mistakes?

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The strange and surprising story of Pat Tillman

A Shiite counter protester takes part in a demonstration by some 1,000 male and female Afghans in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, April 15, 2009.

Tracy Clark-Flory

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Secretary of Defense Robert Gates speaks at the Pentagon Monday, Aug. 9, 2010, in Washington. Gates said that tough economic times require that he shutter a major command that employs some 5,000 people in Norfolk, Va., and begin to eliminate other jobs throughout the military. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) (AP)

FILE - In this July 15, 2010, file photo U.S. Gen. David Petraeus, commander of the NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, speaks during an oath taking ceremony of recruited Afghan soldiers at the Ghazi Military Training Center in Kabul, Afghanistan. In comments from Kabul broadcast Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010, Petraeus said progress in Afghanistan only began this spring and needs time to take root. "We're here so that Afghanistan does not once again become a sanctuary for transnational extremists the way it was when al-Qaida planned the 9/11 attacks in the Kandahar area," he said. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq, File) (AP)

Gen. David Petraeus and President Obama

Raphael G. Satter

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