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A Frustrating, Unfocused Speech Fred Kaplan, SlatePresident Barack Obama's Oval Office addressPresident Barack Obama's speech from the Oval Office Tuesday night was a strange muddle""?a televised prime-time address that lacked a bottom line, a consistent theme, a clear road to the future.He announced the end of combat operations in Iraq, right on schedule. But he equivocated on what comes next in that much-improved but still war-torn land.On the one hand: "There should be no doubt the Iraqi people will have a strong partner in the United States; our combat mission is ending, but our commitment to Iraq's...http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/09/01/a_frustrating_unfocused_speech_240757.html