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Why Is Obama Staying in Afghanistan?

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Probably most people who supported Obama are perplexed about why he is so intent not only on staying there but on expanding the effort. The reason we may not be hearing much from Obama on this is that the answer is complex and does not lend itself to our sound-bite news culture.

A foreign correspondent for McClatchy is given over an hour to explain and incidentally demonstrate what reporting used to be about.

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