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	<title><![CDATA[Obama Needs To Find His Inner Harry Truman]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-rowe/obamas-first-steps-down-a_b_203264.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>The recent dismissal by the U.S. Army of West Point graduate Lt. Dan Choi, 28, on the grounds of his sexual orientation, goes beyond the contentious issue of gay and civil rights, and strikes at the very heart of America's commitment to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. </p>

<p>Choi, a New York National Guardsman, was an Arabic Languages major at West Point, and is a fluent Arab language speaker. If then-senator Obama hadn't specifically made the point on the campaign...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2009-05-14T16:44:00-04:00</date_published>
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