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Hope And Change Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 10:56 AM
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Obama and Petraeus meet in Baghdad

Obama and Petraeus meet in Baghdad


Posted: 10:45 AM ET


(Photo credit: SSG Lorie Jewell, US Army) Gen. David Petraeus flies with Sens. Barack Obama and Chuck Hagel as they fly from Baghdad International Airport to the International Zone.


http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/07/21/obama-and-petraeus-meet-in-baghdad/#addcomment">Link
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 10:57 AM
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1. Where did Jack Reed go????
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Hope And Change Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 10:59 AM
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2. He was flying the helicopter.Just kidding.
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 11:00 AM
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5. LOL! He's multi-talented. Anyway, I like this picture. Obama looks relaxed
and in his element.
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 11:22 AM
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14. hahaha. Those 3 guys in pix look like they're getting along okay.
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Schema Thing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 10:59 AM
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3. that's why Hagel is sitting up so high
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 11:08 AM
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7. I guess somebody had to sit on somebody's lap--Reed drew the short straw.
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Inuca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 11:18 AM
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12. LOL!!! n/t
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 11:00 AM
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4. That pic should raise McSame's blood pressure about 100 points.
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Fleshdancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 11:04 AM
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6. Gen. David Petraeus is...is...smiling?
I've never seen him smile before. Poor Chuck looks out of the loop though. Poor guy. :D
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ginnyinWI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 11:09 AM
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8. aw one picture tells nothing
Chuck could have smiled just two seconds before. That's why I prefer video--gives a more realistic picture.
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grantcart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 11:10 AM
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9. Obama has the ability to make everybody look relaxed.

Hagel looks like he is having the time of his life watching the new President.
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senseandsensibility Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 11:15 AM
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10. kick
How about some more recs? I think this is a great photo.
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Inuca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 11:17 AM
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11. Petraeus is human after all!
What a nice picture!
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thewiseguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 11:18 AM
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13. What are those two smiling about?
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 11:22 AM
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15. Obama needs to talk to more people than Petraeus...
He has a political agenda. Find out from the troops why, exactly why, the violence has dropped? Is it the boots on the streets or is it the dollars in the pockets of the tribal leaders, including al Sadr? This is important information that we need to know. If the dollars are shut off, what then? How long are we expected to pay these bribes to keep from killing us and themselves??
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 11:27 AM
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16. I'm certain Obama (and Hagel and Reed) know about the payoffs.
They know that Petraeus is just following orders and "making it happen" however he has to--and they also know how difficult it will be to get our troops out, because all the "surge" did was to temporarily placate the trouble-makers. It will get ugly, I fear, but I think Obama is prepared to accept that.
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 11:34 AM
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17. Apropos of nothing, and I probably shouldn't say this about any Republican, but
Chuck Hagel is really attractive.

:evilgrin:
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mopinko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 11:51 AM
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18. for a republican
:evilgrin:
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 12:10 PM
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21. Well, for an old dude. He looks older than his years. He's the same age as Mittens Romney--
hard to believe.
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 01:00 PM
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23. Well, that "old dude" is only a few years older than me. He's better looking than
Romney, IMO.
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 01:06 PM
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24. Didn't mean to offend! I'm in my thirties, a guy in his sixties is my dad's age--
so I guess "old dude" is relative to wherever you're at, LOL!
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vaberella Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 11:52 AM
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19. Why is it in every pic Obama is not wearing a vest, but McCain is vested w/massive troop protection?
Edited on Mon Jul-21-08 11:54 AM by vaberella
Is General Petraeus the Paris Hilton of the military? It's like you can't mention military without his name somewhere.
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Windy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 11:55 AM
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20. Remember the Will Smith line from Men In Black?
"I make this look good" when he puts on the RayBans?

:o)
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Thrill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 12:32 PM
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22. Here is your President
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