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ABC News's Web site includes the article "Is Obama 'Too Nice' to Make Tough Decisions?" by correspondent David Kerley. The piece begins: With problems for the president in Afghanistan, health care and unemployment, some critics on both the left and right are asking: Is the president essentially "too nice" to make the important decisions? The National Journal magazine asks in a just-out edition, "Is He Tough Enough?" "Be decisive," says Tom Tradewell, the commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Even liberal New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd says the president will have to "break some eggs" to cook up...