From today’s Politico Playbook: With Senator Obama still in Iraq, his staff and press could be seen smoking flavored tobacco in hookahs in their Amman hotel bar, well past midnight local time. Puff, puff, pass…

White House blogs updates from trip to Middle East (1/8 – 1/16) January 9th, 2008 “I woke up at 2:30 AM EST and began reading the morning news traffic on one of the computers on board. Later, National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley and I walked back to the Press cabin …

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