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Jim Geraghty

So, just to clarify, the thinking of the White House is that the decision to send more troops to Afghanistan is a complicated, thorny, multifaceted question that is fundamental to matters of life and death for many Americans, so the president cannot be rushed into this decision and has to take his time to carefully and deliberately weigh all of his options.

While at the same time, the health-care bill has to be passed by Thanksgiving.