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On the recordMay 13, 2009
It -- you know, it will be a flip-flop. But what he will do is dress it up.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

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Begala discusses how Obama might justify his reversal on military commissions, framing it as an improvement rather than a contradiction.

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