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WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama brandished the deaths of Osama bin Laden and Moammar Gadhafi as an election year show of foreign policy force aimed at disarming his Republican foes.
Trumpeting his commander-in-chief credentials in an annual State of the Union address on Tuesday, Obama made it clear that the traditional avenue of attack – Democratic presidents are weak on defense – would not hold in 2012.
“There are no Americans fighting in Iraq. For the first time in two decades Osama bin Laden is not a threat to this country,” the president said in the speech, which effectively launched his reelection campaign.
“Most of Al-Qaeda’s top lieutenants have been defeated. The Taliban’s momentum has been broken, and some troops...
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