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Thursday, December 07, 2006

 
SERIOUSNESS WATCH Via Reuters:
Among the 1,000 people who work in the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, only 33 are Arabic speakers and only six speak the language fluently, according to the Iraq Study Group report released on Wednesday.
Yet another reminder that it'll be two more years--at least--until the grownups are back in charge.

In the meantime, is there any reason to take anything the Bush administration says seriously?



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