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Obama’s Iraq, Afghanistan Slip Ups

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ABC News: The Illinois Senator incorrectly says Arabic translators deployed in Iraq are needed in Afghanistan (but Afghans don't speak Arabic). Later corrected mistake.

Obama also stressed need for agricultural specialists in Afghanistan to help develop other crops than heroin poppies (but oil fields not poppy fields are a major source of U.S. technical assistance).

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