{"article":{"id":253130,"heading":"BTL:Obama Sends Mixed Messages in Speech on Future of Afghan War","author":"Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http","created":"2012-05-11 13:16:53","modified":"2012-05-14 23:47:25","last_modified":"Tue, 15 May 2012 06:47:25","article":"

Obama Sends Mixed Messages in Speech on Future of Afghan War

Interview with Tom Hayden, former California legislator, activist and co-founder of Students for a Democratic Society, conducted by Scott Harris

Marking the one-year anniversary of his order that sent a U.S. Navy Seal team into Pakistan, where they killed al Qaida leader Osama bin-Laden, President Obama traveled in secrecy to Afghanistan on May 1, where he addressed the nation about the Afghan war. In a speech televised live from a military hangar at the U.S. Bagram Air base, the president outlined his plan to end the Afghan conflict, in his words, \"responsibly.\"

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