Presidential Character and Judgment: Obama's Afghanistan and Health Care Decisions

Presidential Studies Quarterly

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 291-306

  Wayne, Stephen J ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85044917089     PISSN: 03604918     EISSN: 17415705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-5705.2011.03855.x     Document Type: Article

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