Afghan President Hamid Karzai's election by default Monday confirms at least a week earlier than expected that the Obama administration will continue for the foreseeable future to have the same mercurial partner in Afghanistan. Full Story »
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Biden and other Obama advisers believe the relationship that Bush developed with Karzai masked the Afghan leader’s flaws and made it difficult to demand accountability. They viewed Karzai as a vacillating leader, and planned to keep him at arm’s length until he demonstrated better leadership and addressed the high-level corruption within his government.
