May 8th, 2009 - Yahoo! News
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WASHINGTON – The slaughter of dozens of Afghan civilians — either from a U.S. airstrike or from Taliban grenades, or both — sent President Barack Obama and his aides grasping for the right words at a delicate stage in their efforts to win Afghan support for an expanded war.
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