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Bag’s Take-Away:
Uploaded a few days before the latest GOP debate, this photo of Obama, looking large/strong, talking to the Egyptian Field Marshal with an aide in the foreground on her knees, makes for an interesting contrast with the picture being constructed by the GOP candidates of a timid, feckless President.
(photo: Pete Souza/White House caption: Members of President Barack Obama’s national security team listen as he talks on the phone with Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi of Egypt in the Oval Office, Jan. 20, 2012. Pictured, from left, are; Larry Pfeiffer, Deputy Director, White House Situation Room; Caroline Atkinson, Senior Director for International Economics; Steve Simon, Senior Director for Middle East and North Africa; Brooke Anderson, NSS Chief of Staff and Counselor; and National Security Advisor Tom Donilon. )
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