"There's an odd dynamic in that," said P.J. Crowley, director of national defense and homeland security at the Center for American Progress, a liberal-leaning research and educational institution in Washington. "The administration is trying to inoculate itself in case something bad does happen. And on the other hand, it ends up undercutting what the president is suggesting is one of his primary national security accomplishments and a key rationale for his re-election."
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Anyone believe that these people were EVER interested in our NATIONAL SECURITY?!
Well, I suppose I **would** have done, but I simply cannot drink that much in a given evening any more (it's h*ll getting old...sigh).