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If only President Obama had the power of a rock star to stop the war in Afghanistan.

Lady Gaga stopped a fight by fans on the floor of her D.C. concert this week. “Stop the music,” she commanded, “there’s no fighting in my show.” It worked.

Unfortunately, real life is not a rock concert. Gone are the days when it seemed that Obama could walk on water. But it seems the president has been doing some thinking about stopping the war in Afghanistan, and he expressed the beginnings of a policy change in his Oval Office address a few days ago.

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