Obama takes policy to night owls

“I was actually black before the election,” Obama told Letterman. “The American people … gave me this extraordinary honor. That tells you a lot, I think, about where the country is at.”

Obama conceded that whenever a president tries to bring about “significant” change, such as with his health care plan, “there is a certain segment of the population that gets riled up.”

On Afghanistan, Obama indicated he would not yet make a decision on sending more U.S. troops. “I’ve got to make sure that the policy in place was worthy of their sacrifice,” he said.

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