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	Taking a Stand

bookchick49

9-24-2009 9:20 AM

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bookchick49 says:

Article was interesting. However, it switched gears a bit in the last half where the author hits on the other issues like UN Protocol and complaints from leader(s) about the UN Charter vs what is really taking place within.

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			<B>Obama's speech to the United Nations was a reminder of the scale of his ambition and the intractability of the problems before him</B>
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	<DIV>Mark Mardell<BR />BBC North America editor</DIV>
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