Claim: President Obama seemed to rewrite history in his remarks on Friday in Strasbourg, France, telling an audience at a town hall event: Obama, April 3: But after the initial NATO engagement in Afghanistan, we got sidetracked by Iraq, and we have not fully recovered that initial insight that we have a mutual interest in ensuring that organizations like al Qaeda cannot operate. But NATO didn't have a mission in Afghanistan until Aug. 11, 2003,
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Verdict: president obama seemed to rewrite history in his remarks on friday in strasbourg, france, telling an audience at a town hall event: obama, april 3: but after the initial nato engagement in afghanistan, we got sidetracked by iraq, and we have not fully recovered that initial insight that we have a mutual interest in ensuring that organizations like al qaeda cannot operate. but nato didn't have a mission in afghanistan until aug. 11, 2003,
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Lori Robertson
Date published: 2009-04-07T15:14:12