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Article: Broder Column
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- Yakima Herald-Republic
- Article date:
- May 21, 2009
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WASHINGTON -- No new president finds that every aspect of the job
suits him at once; some duties are inevitably more comfortable than
others. What we have witnessed in the last few weeks is Barack Obama
trying on and fitting himself to the role of commander in chief.
The most controversial decisions of this period -- expanding the
troop commitment and replacing the commander in Afghanistan,
opposing the release of photos of abused detainees, keeping the
system of military tribunals, and delaying any change in the don't
ask, don't tell policy on gays in the services -- are of a pattern.
In every instance, Obama heeded the advice of his uniformed and
civilian defense leaders and in each case ...