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Letter of the day: Obama in Iraq: Two different views

July 22, 2008 at 12:01AM
Barack Obama met with the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, during a visit to Baghdad Monday.
Barack Obama met with the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, during a visit to Baghdad Monday. (Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

It's really awesome that Iraq is now safe enough that Barack Obama can invite 200 journalists to go there on a campaign trip!

TIM GOSSELL, NEW HOPE

An obvious mistake appears in the headline of a July 19 front-page story: "U.S. agrees to the goal of getting out of Iraq."

Clearly, the headline should have read: "Major flip-flop: Bush follows Obama's lead in calling for Iraq troop withdrawal."

JIM HEYNEN, ST. PAUL

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