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Black GOP politician chides Obama

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There’s no doubt Rep.-elect Allen West is going to make waves in the new Congress.

Consider his interview with The New York Times Magazine, published on Sunday. The retired Army colonel criticized President Obama’s recent trip to Afghanistan, saying the visit made in the middle of the night “doesn’t show leadership.”

West, who was supported by the small-government Tea Party in his election, is among those Republicans who say they will not vote to raise the nation’s debt limit.

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