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from Tales from the Trail:
White House hits back at Cheney “dithering” comment
The White House is firing back at former Vice President Dick Cheney who accused President Barack Obama of "dithering" and being "afraid to make a decision" on whether to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan.
"I think it's a curious comment," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters at his midday briefing.
"I think it's pretty safe to say that the Vice President was for seven years not focused on Afghanistan," Gibbs added.
"Even more curious, given the fact that (an) increase in troops sat on desks in this White House, including the vice president's, for more than eight months, a resource request filled by President Obama in March," he said.
from Tales from the Trail:
Time for Obama to act on Afghanistan – Cheney
Former Vice President Dick Cheney tonight joins a chorus of critics who say President Barack Obama is taking way too long to decide whether to send another 40,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan.
Cheney, no fan of any of the current administration's foreign policy initiatives, prodded the White House to fulfill the president's promise to give the U.S. armed forces a clear mission in Afghanistan and to do it now.
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