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Emit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-22-10 12:13 AM
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So, according to WaPo, excerpts from Bob Woodward's new book are a "Breaking News Alerts?"
Edited on Wed Sep-22-10 12:24 AM by Emit
via 2 separate emails:

Breaking News Alert: Secret, CIA-run Afghan army taking the fight against al-Qaeda into Pakistan, new book reports
September 21, 2010 11:32:08 PM
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A clandestine, 3,000-man paramilitary army of Afghans, created and controlled by the CIA, is conducting operations against al-Qaeda and Afghan Taliban strongholds in Pakistan, Bob Woodward reports in his new book, "Obama's Wars." President Obama authorized the elite Counterterrorist Pursuit Teams as part of a stepped-up campaign against safe havens in the Afghan war.

For more information, visit washingtonpost.com


Breaking News Alert: Obama tells Woodward in new book,
September 21, 2010 11:31:12 PM
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A new book by Washington Post associate editor Bob Woodward describes the Obama administration as barraged with warnings about the threat of terrorist attacks on U.S. soil. President Obama told Woodward in an interview for his "Obama's Wars," "We can absorb a terrorist attack. We'll do everything we can to prevent it, but even a 9/11, even the biggest attack ever. . . we absorbed it and we are stronger."

For more information, visit washingtonpost.com


anybody else find this odd?
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DontTreadOnMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-22-10 05:31 AM
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1. They are selling books!
Now if we can only get the WH Admin to figure out how to sell their agenda in the Web 2.0 World...
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Emit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-22-10 09:52 AM
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2. Undoubtedly, this breaking news alert will be making its rounds on Fox News
Edited on Wed Sep-22-10 09:52 AM by Emit
If it hasn't already

Woodward is smiling
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