Obama's Bush-League World: Is the Obama National Security Team a Pilotless Drone?
Tags: COUNTERTERRORISM; TERRORISM; OBAMA, Barack, 1961-; BUSH, George W. (George Walker), 1946-; WAR on Terrorism, 2001-2009
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