Obama calls Bush before announcing withdrawal plan

Update: Obama made mysterious call to former President Bush prior to speech

At a Washington Post blog, Anne Kornblut reports on a mysterious phone call Obama placed just prior to this speech.

"Before announcing his plan for withdrawing troops from Iraq, President Obama made an intriguing courtesy call on Friday morning: to former president George W. Bush, who began the war that Obama has so vehemently opposed," Kornblut writes.

Kornblut adds, "White House officials did not elaborate on the call, which Obama placed from a holding room at Camp Lejeune just moments before he gave his long-awaited speech. Robert Gibbs, the White House press secretary, said Obama made the call 'as a courtesy' to the former president."

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