GOP Avoids Comment on Obama War Strategy
- By Jackie Kucinich
- Roll Call Staff
- Dec. 9, 2009, Midnight
House Republican leaders have urged their Members to lay low in the debate about President Barack Obamas Afghanistan war strategy in an effort to keep their message focused on jobs while Democrats fight each other over the war. Several Republican aides said limiting Republican comments on the war has allowed GOPers to make headway talking about kitchen table issues such as jobs, the economy and climate change.
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