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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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From: JohnM2/22/2008 4:05:03 PM
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You may recall the story Obama told last night of the platoon sent to Afghanistan which was 15 members short, etc. Well that story has been under attack today. Josh Marshall has a post about it and refers his readers to a post by Jake Tapper at ABC News in which he tracked the story down. And found it to be true.

I recommend reading it. The story is better the second time around.

Here's the ABC report url: blogs.abcnews.com

And here's Josh Marshall's comments:
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Wingnut Brigade Mowed Down At Obama Ridge
02.22.08 -- 3:12PM
By Josh Marshall

In last night's debate, when Barack Obama floated that anecdote about US soldiers in Afghanistan who had an easier time getting the ammunition they needed from captured Taliban than through Army supply channels, I remember thinking -- I don't think we've heard the last of this story. Obama said he'd heard the story from an Army Captain describing his unit's experience in-country.

Often in cases like this, even if the story is completely on the up-and-up, the pol will get some fairly inconsequential detail wrong. Or even if they get it all right, they get whacked around because some pundit who's read a few John Keegan books decides it can't possibly be true. And the rightwing blogs have apparently been going nuts over it since last night.

But Jake Tapper picked up the phone, asked the Obama campaign to put him in touch with the Captain, called the Captain in question, and the story checks in every detail.

talkingpointsmemo.com
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