President Barack Obama walks off stage after speaking at a memorial services at Fort Hood, Texas, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Presidential historian compares presidents in wartime
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On the eve of President Obama's Afghanistan speech, historian Douglas Brinkley discusses presidential leadership and controversy in our nation's past.
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Douglas Brinkley: Professor of history at Rice University and Fellow at the James Baker, III Institute for Public Policy. Author of "The Reagan Diaries," "Gerald R. Ford,""The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America," and "The Great Deluge."
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