The President’s Happy Talk

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From The Politico:

In his testimony, Petraeus used the military science term “battlefield geometry” in describing how he figured out the number of troops he could afford to release. A top GOP Senate adviser complained after the speech: “The president needs better ‘communication geometry’ to prevent overreaching with happy talk.”

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