Today's must reads:

• Obama and Afghanistan: A Credibility Gap? (MoJo)
• US Ambassador to Afghanistan: Don't Escalate, It's Not Worth It (WaPo)
• Doug Elmendorf Calls Out America (Ezra Klein)
• "12 reasons unemployment is going to (at least) 12 percent." (Reuters)
• Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Next Year? (MoJo)
• Arguments for cutting estate tax further are without foundation (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)
  
• The McDonald's at Gitmo is hiring (BoingBoing)

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