Bob Woodward - Obama's Wars (2010)

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Finally, the president added, 'The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic...'

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Obama had campaigned against Bush's ideas and approaches. But, Donilon, for one, thought that Obama had perhaps underestimated the extent to which he had inherited George W. Bush's presidency — the apparatus, personnel and mind-set of war making.

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Obama said, 'I welcome debate among my team, but I won't tolerate division'.

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