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Obama Libya Speech Is Late but Lucky

The president refused to be rushed into giving a speech on Libya, though the country needed to hear from him earlier. But Monday night was a fortuitous moment for such an address, says Eleanor Clift.

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Eleanor Clift
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Eleanor Clift

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