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Election: The changes may be just starting
With a troop authorization, Obama has already moved in a direction Republicans would like. And the electoral map could be more fluid than most analysts might assume.
Ted Van Dyk
Ted Van Dyk has been active in national policy and politics since 1961, serving in the White House and State Department and as policy director of several Democratic presidential campaigns. He is auth
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