The New York Times live blog analyzing Obama's Afghanistan speech last night found that "the speech was notable for Mr. Obama because unlike most of his other major addresses, it did not include any personal anecdotes. There were no specific stories of soldiers he has met or families he has consoled."
Perhaps the Obama speech writers found that stories were not appropriate for the complexity and serious tenor of the topic. The New York Times reported that the speech instead "braced Americans for the difficulty ahead and sought to put the fight in the context of history."
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