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President Obama's idea to call President George W. Bush on Tuesday before he speaks from the Oval Office about the end of combat operations in Iraq is a good one. And Obama has rightly concluded that the words "mission accomplished" won't be appropriate for tomorrow night's address. In what will be his second Oval Office address, Obama will thank our men and women in uniform â€" and their families â€" for their service and sacrifice in that more than seven-year-old war and acknowledge the challenges that remain. And he admits he will be taking credit as well for a promise kept. In his radio address this weekend Obama said he promised as a candidate to end the Iraq war. "As president this is what I am doing. We have brought home more ! than 90,000 troops since I toook office," Obama said.

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