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Obama skips visit with wounded troops

The Obama campaign said that it would have been inappropriate to make the stop because Obama was concerned the trip would have been viewed as a campaign event. But the Pentagon said Obama was welcome at the hospital -- but without his campaign staff or the dozens of reporters accompanying him. Jon Decker reports.

Reuters | July 25, 2008Watch more videos from Reuters

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