1. In Afghan Trip, Obama Presses Karzai on Graft.
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Rubin, Alissa J. and Cooper, Helene
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CRITICISM , *INSURGENCY - Abstract
KABUL, Afghanistan -- President Obama personally delivered pointed criticism to President Hamid Karzai in a face-to-face meeting on Sunday, flying here for an unannounced visit that reflected growing vexation with Mr. Karzai as America's military commitment to defeat the Taliban insurgency has deepened. Mr. Obama's visit was shrouded in secrecy and lasted only a few hours, but included a boisterous pep rally with American troops. It was his first trip as president to the scene of an eight-year-old war he has stamped as his own. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2010