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Obama’s Party Line: Radical Islam Denial

Strategy, Not Gaffes

After Obama called the attack on a Paris Jewish deli ‘random,’ a White House spokesman doubled down. Then a State Department spokesperson tripled down. That was no gaffe.

James Kirchick

Published Feb. 10 2015 9:27PM EST

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James Kirchick

James Kirchick

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