ask, n. (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

You can say that again.

The headline might have reported instead, "Obama's call to the Middle
East," but that sounds like a conference on speakerphone. Plus it's still
way too long.

JL

On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 10:50 AM, Mullins, Bill CIV (US) <
william.d.mullins18.civ at mail.mil> wrote:

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