You say that he will continue in Iraq just as Mr Bush would but I have heard him say that he would pull the troops out within months.

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So he strongly believes -- and I think you just heard him say this -- that leaders were elected to lead, to make hard choices, to compromise, and to take some flack for that compromise, because it requires tough choices.

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You know, I've heard him say frequently over the past 70 days that the decisions that land in his lap or the decisions that are put on his desk to make are the hard ones.

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There is no denying that Obama's same-sex marriage position caused tremendous discussion in the black community, and I have heard from a handful of folks who say that has changed their view of him and dampened their enthusiasm to support him for a second term.

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I've heard from many voters who say that they like Joe Lieberman, and they've supported him all his career, but they think he's making a mistake by - should he lose Tuesday's primary to run as an Independent in November.

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When I heard Umaru's interview with him, he came across as unabashed, unapologetic and indeed quite proud to say that The Gambia was "hell for journalists" - even in those early days journalists were not his favourite people and some learnt the hard way not to upset the young leader.

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