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I wonder if Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has an early copy of Bob Woodward’s new book.

The bearded one has been on a successful public-relations tour before his United Nations speech tomorrow. Before leaving for the Big Apple, he released one of the American hikers his government has been holding hostage and hosted NBC’s Andrea Mitchell in Tehran for an interview last week. He starred in hilarious home-erotic tribute from comedian Andy Samberg on “Saturday Night Live” over the weekend and chided the United States for moving forward on the execution of a female murderer. He got Esquire magazine to run an article titled “5 Reasons Ahmadinejad Might Just Be Good for the World.” And he has done a bunch of other interviews, trying to put himself in a more positive light.

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