{"id":2639,"date":"2009-12-01T21:58:53","date_gmt":"2009-12-02T01:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/?p=2639"},"modified":"2009-12-02T21:43:28","modified_gmt":"2009-12-03T01:43:28","slug":"presidential-address-on-afghanistan-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/2009\/12\/01\/presidential-address-on-afghanistan-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidential Address on Afghanistan Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\n<object width=\"480\" height=\"300\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/all\/modules\/swftools\/shared\/flash_media_player\/player.swf\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"282828\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"path_to_player=http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/all\/modules\/swftools\/shared\/flash_media_player&#038;path_to_plugins=http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/\/sites\/default\/modules\/wh_multimedia\/wh_jwplayer&#038;path_to_captions=&#038;file=http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/videos\/2009\/December\/120109_WestPointNY.m4v&#038;image=http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/audio-video\/video_thumbnail\/P120109LJ-0282.jpg&#038;controlbar=bottom&#038;frontcolor=AAAAAA&#038;plugins=http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/\/sites\/default\/modules\/wh_multimedia\/wh_jwplayer\/captions,http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/\/sites\/default\/modules\/wh_multimedia\/wh_jwplayer\/hat&#038;captions.file=&#038;stretching=fill&#038;menu=false\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/all\/modules\/swftools\/shared\/flash_media_player\/player.swf\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"300\" flashvars=\"path_to_player=http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/all\/modules\/swftools\/shared\/flash_media_player&#038;path_to_plugins=http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/\/sites\/default\/modules\/wh_multimedia\/wh_jwplayer&#038;path_to_captions=&#038;file=http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/videos\/2009\/December\/120109_WestPointNY.m4v&#038;image=http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/audio-video\/video_thumbnail\/P120109LJ-0282.jpg&#038;controlbar=bottom&#038;frontcolor=AAAAAA&#038;plugins=http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/\/sites\/default\/modules\/wh_multimedia\/wh_jwplayer\/captions,http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/\/sites\/default\/modules\/wh_multimedia\/wh_jwplayer\/hat&#038;captions.file=&#038;stretching=fill&#038;menu=false\"><\/embed><\/object>\n<\/div>\n<pre>\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Follow <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/my.barackobama.com\/page\/content\/afghanistanremarks\/\">this link<\/a><\/strong> to view video on the President&#8217;s web site and also see a transcript of the speech.<\/p>\n<p>Follow <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.c-spanvideo.org\/program\/290349-1\">this link<\/a><\/strong> to view video on C-SPAN&#8217;s web site instead.<\/p>\n<p>I urge you to pay little attention to the sound bites, the talking heads on the news shows, and other distractions.  First listen to what the President said, and hear it in his own words, and see it without interruptions.<\/p>\n<p>Then, if you must, go research what others think about what he said and is planning to do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow this link to view video on the President&#8217;s web site and also see a transcript of the speech. Follow this link to view video on C-SPAN&#8217;s web site instead. I urge you to pay little attention to the sound bites, the talking heads on the news shows, and other distractions. 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