'This Is 50-50': Behind Obama's Decision to Kill Bin Laden
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John A. Gans Jr. is a Ph.D. student in International Relations and Strategic Studies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. He writes on American foreign policy and politics.
New details emerge from the loneliest choice the president ever had to make More »
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