VIDEO: Bush Told Reporter “bin Laden Doesn't Fit This Admin's Strategy For Combating Terrorism”...

Think Progress September 14, 2006 at 02:35 PM
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Weekly Standard editor Fred Barnes appeared on Fox this morning to discuss his recent meeting with President Bush in the Oval Office. The key takeaway for Barnes was that "bin Laden doesn't fit with the administration's strategy for combating terrorism." Barnes said that Bush told him capturing bin Laden is "not a top priority use of American resources."

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Military Admits Not Taking Opportunity To Bomb Taliban Insurgents...

Associated Press LOLITA C. BALDOR September 14, 2006 at 09:39 AM
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The U.S. military acknowledged Wednesday that it considered bombing a group of more than 100 Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan but decided not to after determining they were on the grounds of a cemetery.

The decision came to light after an NBC News correspondent's blog carried a photograph of the insurgents. Defense department officials first tried to block further publication of the photo, then struggled to explain what it depicted.

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