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Charles Green

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October 4, 2012
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Obama has shown leadership, competence

The president must be thoughtful and decisive, particularly in his important role as commander–in-chief of our military forces. Let’s review how President Obama has done in that role. A big accomplishment was, of course, his leadership in finding and eliminating Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks. He first provided direction to the military and intelligence agencies to focus attention on finding bin Laden. When he was found, the president then had to choose among several alternative approaches to deal with bin Laden. President Obama made the decision to go with the bold plan to raid the bin …

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