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Why McCain Is Fuming Over Obama's Afghan Strategy

Dec. 5, 2009
Barack Obama and John McCain couldn't agree more on Afghanistan. Except when they don't.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler