First Draft on Politics: Bush Opens New Front in Attack on Clinton's Foreign Policy Record

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Trump</strong> <a href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=4z5Q7LhI+KVBjmEgFdYACKQh1JEPAsZdfyc9wlrSq35yzYtU4heo6wcWH/CvMXRkc4YiJQ1QChtStrQVq2bNKkBNsshAPrhdYKpOIrHNZCterXdgldO2WBuwhfjwM6EjH+cdbG2iPRE=&campaign_id=7779&instance_id=61532&segment_id=75911&user_id=30a142167a399d9be2c1b7c32e192bd2®i_id=63304329">remains the leader in Republican polls</a>. But while <a href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=4z5Q7LhI+KVBjmEgFdYACPLKh239P3pgSUm6WmiIEVjGU/3bNb5Zd66dUb30U+AXiBj/YVCc2kFvqSrFVMFy5/Mpbu/YfZtfa2fWOzhdDaMUAI2drJFf3dYTlvcsPJELju6lJ771tgFftUyRjhLS32pjhDpiUnuo6N4eRDildP2bTg2GtG4whsYqC/Z/GmmLLPcJrIOl2jdGV/4u8SJ/XRCF8yLQpELBAKVi6aMfNjln06etCQ38vubJJhAywPdF&campaign_id=7779&instance_id=61532&segment_id=75911&user_id=30a142167a399d9be2c1b7c32e192bd2®i_id=63304329">he dabbled in policy discussions</a> and held a large rally in Michigan on Tuesday, one of his major rivals, <strong>Jeb Bush</strong>, regained some of the spotlight by attacking <strong>Hillary Rodham Clinton</strong> over the Obama administration’s policies in the Middle East.</em></p> <p><a href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=4z5Q7LhI+KVBjmEgFdYACPLKh239P3pgVYFaq/0qKkrtZw70Qc+5QQOl91kq9H0qG7xtmbWmoXbga9c5vxBM5N4YaQcOcq9jeyaafCKAH1inl4OuEfYL/A30Pwb39vYFT8qy1/B7eQs=&campaign_id=7779&instance_id=61532&segment_id=75911&user_id=30a142167a399d9be2c1b7c32e192bd2®i_id=63304329">Republican attacks </a>on <strong>Mrs. Clinton</strong>’s lucrative speeches and her comment that she was “dead broke” seem quaint compared with linking her to the violence, beheadings and instability sweeping the Middle East.</p> <p>On Tuesday, Mr. Bush ushered in a new phase of the campaign, where Mrs. Clinton’s record at the State Department will face intense scrutiny for the rise of the Islamic State and the violence engulfing Syria and Iraq.</p> <p><a href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=4z5Q7LhI+KVBjmEgFdYACPLKh239P3pgSUm6WmiIEVjGU/3bNb5Zdz73Qbgy0FGkVOFj7qR+CFnJiiBFW9dwB+mW5FrIVu8wjV7C0Fp6VqX7bh2HWPqREXD+GhIGtWpGWBOtf/R4DsZ7nRnTDc4XZLpf9FQmTKrvhRaNTheC/iwsNUtgz4/gIvB5ZqqWj4KS6cSVkNuW8pqpRHre+//g6LF1K12skaO9H8L3YjO8al6xdStdrJGjvQ==&campaign_id=7779&instance_id=61532&segment_id=75911&user_id=30a142167a399d9be2c1b7c32e192bd2®i_id=63304329">In a speech</a> at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., Mr. Bush said Mrs. Clinton “stood by” as secretary of state as the situation in Iraq worsened and the Obama administration pulled troops out, a vacuum that he said the Islamic State had rushed in to fill.</p> <p>The Clinton campaign, in turn, cast the blame further back, saying that <strong>President George W. Bush</strong>’s decision to invade Iraq in the first place created the group. “ISIS grew out of Al Qaeda in Iraq,” said <strong>Jake Sullivan</strong>, the Clinton campaign’s senior policy adviser, “It emerged in no small part as a result of President Bush’s failed strategy.”</p> <p>Mrs. Clinton, whose vote to authorize the war in Iraq <a href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=4z5Q7LhI+KVBjmEgFdYACPLKh239P3pgz7XbCb9xD1EeIsAPFzwDy02DSRKypZqOam9K63FzSZ81lXSr2AQX7KmGqtjyA4WjL49jjblq9L5mgODZwRq7QxkDTpAuEDO2lODRmwl8p4CptlYHdXz9ohkTSajAPu86&campaign_id=7779&instance_id=61532&segment_id=75911&user_id=30a142167a399d9be2c1b7c32e192bd2®i_id=63304329">hurt her in the 2008 Democratic nominating contest</a>, hardly talks about foreign policy or her time at the State Department. Instead, she devotes her town-hall-style events and speeches to policy areas like the economy, the environment and her new college affordability plan.</p> <p>But as Mr. Bush made clear on Tuesday, Republicans will press the issue with Mrs. Clinton on foreign policy and over the Obama administration’s approach — whether over the spread of the Islamic State, <a href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=4z5Q7LhI+KVBjmEgFdYACPLKh239P3pgcVRfbCz8BBaFrsVx796OF7h2fBxwdZtpkfHMjATSNkUYhI4RWD4xulGIU//Juce0lz7SPoVqdMkXFAccsTseNnXqQhznh+SENWEd7hjiqKs=&campaign_id=7779&instance_id=61532&segment_id=75911&user_id=30a142167a399d9be2c1b7c32e192bd2®i_id=63304329">the “reset” of relations with Russia</a> or the nuclear deal with Iran.</p> </div> </div> <!-- end #text_with_byline --> <div class="ad hide-from-text-version" style="border-top: 1px solid black; padding-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 15px;clear:both;text-align:center;"> <div style="text-align:center;font:10px Arial, sans-serif;color:#ccc;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;">ADVERTISEMENT</div> <!-- ADXINFO classification="Med_Rec_-_Email" campaign="nl-2013remnant_html_Politics_LiveIntent" priority="1500" isInlineSafe="N" width="300" height="250" --><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center"><tr><td colspan="2"><a style="display: block; 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margin: 0 0 15px 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;"> <div class="item-description" style="text-decoration: none;"><p>And<strong> Rick Santorum</strong>, who <a href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=7E2EmuYtBOrgIlbxtBxIosiiZ5ZEq3SdbxkwZa5ISYvEZYwXusDG6CZPHsRc596W89qE3hzrh+8=&campaign_id=7779&instance_id=61532&segment_id=75911&user_id=30a142167a399d9be2c1b7c32e192bd2®i_id=63304329">won the Iowa caucuses in 2012</a>, but whose poll numbers left him out of the top 10 for last week’s Republican debate, continues a sustained trip in the state, all part of his goal, his campaign says, “to reach all 99 Iowa counties.”</p></div> </li> </ul> </div> <!-- end #bullets --> <div id="text3" class="section text" style="font-family: nyt-franklin,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; padding: 20px 0; padding-bottom: 20px; border-top: 1px solid black; text-align: left; clear: both;"> <h2 style="font-family: nyt-franklin, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; margin: 0 0 10px 0;">Carson to Take Personal Narrative to a Harlem Institution</h2> <div style="font-family: georgia,times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;"> <p>After a quiet but relatively well-received performance at the debate, <strong>Ben Carson</strong> is headed to Harlem.</p> <p>Mr. Carson will speak with Harlem residents on Wednesday at <a href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=6yIoQw1jKaJZ3eu5vKjnijR0sw78hd9PO1TMuVARxKE=&campaign_id=7779&instance_id=61532&segment_id=75911&user_id=30a142167a399d9be2c1b7c32e192bd2®i_id=63304329">Sylvia’s Restaurant</a>, well known for its Southern comfort food, where photos of <strong>President Obama</strong>,<strong> former President Bill Clinton</strong>,<strong> the Rev. Al Sharpton </strong>and<strong> Representative Charles B. Rangel</strong>, all Democrats, hang on the walls.</p> <p>“This is a private event,” said a woman who answered the phone at Sylvia’s. “They called us up and booked the private area,” she added, before emphasizing that hosting the event did not represent an endorsement.</p> <p>On Sunday, Mr. Carson, a retired neurosurgeon whose best moment in the debate came <a href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=4z5Q7LhI+KUz+GhtiX9Csbh5WNZ/8raxfyc9wlrSq34TPWTDrB5AZJusaAukyK01EGUTFHycteQFUhh/+mb2tzh4FIWAsknnjOM3WfCoi9XQP1U9YNgRDuX5K349Cy8VeQs3T2hcGhDfG8rLIXzhhg==&campaign_id=7779&instance_id=61532&segment_id=75911&user_id=30a142167a399d9be2c1b7c32e192bd2®i_id=63304329">when he said</a> he was the only candidate who had separated conjoined twins, visited a church in Iowa where he spoke about his faith.</p> <p>He told the congregation of growing up poor in Detroit, how much he hated it and of how he found God in trying to deal with his temper. Despite his lengthy medical résumé, he has not held public office and has relied heavily on his personal narrative.</p> <p>“Dr. Carson is not here to campaign,” the church’s pastor said, <a href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=4z5Q7LhI+KWX4y44VyVrsFSQMoVMs0bVODXTGHVdWKoQR/MHrh8DJa//qA+r6fRJ9QfDOO62WieEOVPx67bFvttWQrttJmdA8vzGz9UXyziqICERw/md7ipNairRPxNcpSLI+p3QnxF22/MVzxczrjV4h3KRl33Ds1wXDZ8hENM=&campaign_id=7779&instance_id=61532&segment_id=75911&user_id=30a142167a399d9be2c1b7c32e192bd2®i_id=63304329">according to The Des Moines Register</a>. “We’re not saying go vote for Dr. Carson. We’re saying here’s a man who walks humbly before his God, who has an incredible message not only for us but for our country.”</p> <p>The Sylvia’s event is another chance for him to introduce himself to voters. And Harlem, home to the country’s first black renaissance, may also offer a stage to discuss the Black Lives Matter movement, a subject Mr. Carson, the only black candidate in either party, has touched on <a href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=4z5Q7LhI+KVW62fAMhpBJUHkwdv0MxapK1ljqxelcD3yOxmtCKIZc6ip3h85LSmRs0XYFmH4ZdPcf2/hIioxyUF4IiMLYvwsm7KFNx3/mcY=&campaign_id=7779&instance_id=61532&segment_id=75911&user_id=30a142167a399d9be2c1b7c32e192bd2®i_id=63304329">only briefly.</a></p> <p>“He is not here to make statements,” a spokeswoman, <strong>Deana Bass</strong>, said. “This is a meet and greet for him to visit the restaurant and chat with residents. It is nothing extra.”</p> <p><em>– Sandra E. Garcia</em></p> </div> </div> <!-- end #text --> <div id="text2" class="section text" style="font-family: nyt-franklin,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; padding: 20px 0; padding-bottom: 20px; border-top: 1px solid black; text-align: left; clear: both;"> <h2 style="font-family: nyt-franklin, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; margin: 0 0 10px 0;">Kasich Thanks Trump for Drawing Debate Crowds</h2> <div style="font-family: georgia,times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;"> <p><strong>Gov. John R. Kasich </strong>of Ohio came to a Peterborough, N.H., event on Tuesday with a take-the-high-road answer prepared for questions about <strong>Mr. Trump</strong>.</p> <p>“I don’t have time to talk about somebody else,” Mr. Kasich said, adding that he was fully occupied, like Mr. Carson, with introducing himself to voters.</p> <p>Responding to a question from a voter about how he had similarly deflected the topic of Mr. Trump in a CNN interview, Mr. Kasich even avoided mentioning the unlikely Republican poll-leader by name.</p> <p>For a while, that is.</p> <p>He eventually gave in to temptation, after uncorking a metaphor about how his much-praised debate performance was akin to being an astronaut launched in a rocket ship.</p> <p>“Thank God for Donald Trump; 24 million people tuned in,” Mr. Kasich said, drawing knowing laughs about the Trump-inflated audience.</p> <p><em>— Jonathan Martin</em></p> </div> </div> <!-- end #text --> <div id="bullets_big2" class="section upcoming" style="border-top: 1px solid black; padding: 20px 0; text-align: left; clear: both;"> <h2 style="font-family: nyt-franklin, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; margin: 0;">Our Favorites From The Times </h2> <ul style="margin: 10px 0 0 0; padding: 0; font-size: 16px; font-family: georgia,times,serif;"> <li style="padding: 0; margin: 0 0 15px 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;"> <div class="item-description" style="text-decoration: none;"><p><strong>Senator Marco Rubio</strong> of Florida’s presidential campaign so far has been a lot of fits and starts: It impresses; it raises expectations; then it goes quiet. And <a href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=4z5Q7LhI+KVBjmEgFdYACPLKh239P3pgSUm6WmiIEVjGU/3bNb5Zdw1j5qr+IWbjhrDqL2gjcA4AKU2rSOHt51jxYlMMUgaeqYyQ+lQzJtVypVlb0lkGw4/ZhJQyA10qA07E2pmTgdzlQoFbx9Cdrg0ynFq+MLdQje4EucnhGNqVSV4Fn5gMsaQBYNvECs/Til9oX7uxHyaqhvTFEVoiBw8RYGpzjWwfiL1WpIGgMwTbnIVkHY7QFy2ApaD0GCFhxNeFmDDyR18=&campaign_id=7779&instance_id=61532&segment_id=75911&user_id=30a142167a399d9be2c1b7c32e192bd2®i_id=63304329">it’s all part of the plan</a>.</p></div> </li> <li style="padding: 0; margin: 0 0 15px 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;"> <div class="item-description" style="text-decoration: none;"><p>Responding to <a href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=4z5Q7LhI+KVBjmEgFdYACPLKh239P3pgtFPV76E64Q5VnwDHdGg24ELfImFz3rGfBQP9Z/8+6VEYKC5GKJ1IhWUOmswCjTbuKCsrnFjNiOo=&campaign_id=7779&instance_id=61532&segment_id=75911&user_id=30a142167a399d9be2c1b7c32e192bd2®i_id=63304329">a New York Times Magazine article</a> on efforts to undermine the 1965 Voting Rights Act, <strong>Mr. Obama</strong> wrote a <a href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=4z5Q7LhI+KVBjmEgFdYACKQh1JEPAsZdfyc9wlrSq35yzYtU4heo6wcWH/CvMXRkzm/M2Dv9LynHsOxWNdLfBYx/CKsXarkVMdBHs2KCgLCqhjnlU/vkckg0QfUYBz8tb3YomNoK7Kvw5gav59UazQN7QKF5p9Sluff9ckQ6AgQ=&campaign_id=7779&instance_id=61532&segment_id=75911&user_id=30a142167a399d9be2c1b7c32e192bd2®i_id=63304329">letter to the editor,</a> <a href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=4z5Q7LhI+KVBjmEgFdYACPLKh239P3pgSUm6WmiIEViv8CqkOSLO5RPEowwEAisWfkguk6Ryshi4Qs96kZZvgaI6muXa7VJkzjls+v/DpRoZE0mowD7vOg==&campaign_id=7779&instance_id=61532&segment_id=75911&user_id=30a142167a399d9be2c1b7c32e192bd2®i_id=63304329">arguing</a> that voting rights must be “vigorously defended” and calling on Congress to restore the law in the wake of <a href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=4z5Q7LhI+KVBjmEgFdYACPLKh239P3pgk6UxPXRxIznAr7VahU56BWpPlApG4zGJkb2pFKT1zX7f6GA29oBrHw==&campaign_id=7779&instance_id=61532&segment_id=75911&user_id=30a142167a399d9be2c1b7c32e192bd2®i_id=63304329">a Supreme Court ruling</a> that invalidated crucial parts of it.</p></div> </li> <li style="padding: 0; margin: 0 0 15px 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;"> <div class="item-description" style="text-decoration: none;"><p><strong>Mrs. Clinton</strong> <a href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=4z5Q7LhI+KVBjmEgFdYACPLKh239P3pgSUm6WmiIEVjGU/3bNb5Zd4Uc5TVV+KVye0ahT6fGO/jpIIL4lY0U2O5Pw0e3nP20e33ce7NvqVQfVvnpkcoMCjWBKCem1v/L5Mvus0P/qySxMODyaq7gp/HaZATGeiyrDsUs0dU2jLoMN8tJzwJkbyigCrVcO/Ok&campaign_id=7779&instance_id=61532&segment_id=75911&user_id=30a142167a399d9be2c1b7c32e192bd2®i_id=63304329">has directed aides</a> to give an email server and a thumb drive to the Justice Department as the inspector general for the intelligence community told members of Congress that two of the former secretary of state’s emails among the 40 he has reviewed held classified information.</p></div> </li> <li style="padding: 0; margin: 0 0 15px 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;"> <div class="item-description" style="text-decoration: none;"><p>And if there is a war between <strong>Mr. Trump</strong> and Fox News, it is an unconventional one. It is not mutually assured destruction; <a href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=4z5Q7LhI+KVBjmEgFdYACPLKh239P3pgSUm6WmiIEVgX6jrpfwo+EpqtlFrC29B4zsvFICREycyzj+LNUB/gr+2ccBcohypVlXzd/e1WRfKLemmV9gSCH3D+GhIGtWpGWBOtf/R4DsZ7nRnTDc4XZLpf9FQmTKrvhRaNTheC/iyqIRQNo9VZd14oraxffYFKZass0SF1vBbPmlIs6KF5Rs3xBHgfrh/bOnQF3NnoGPO3NVqgYzBnNg==&campaign_id=7779&instance_id=61532&segment_id=75911&user_id=30a142167a399d9be2c1b7c32e192bd2®i_id=63304329">it is mutually beneficial combat.</a></p></div> </li> </ul> </div> <!-- end #bullets --> <div id="bullets_big3" class="section upcoming" style="border-top: 1px solid black; padding: 20px 0; text-align: left; clear: both;"> <h2 style="font-family: nyt-franklin, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; margin: 0;">What We’re Reading Elsewhere </h2> <ul style="margin: 10px 0 0 0; padding: 0; font-size: 16px; font-family: georgia,times,serif;"> <li style="padding: 0; margin: 0 0 15px 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;"> <div class="item-description" style="text-decoration: none;"><p><strong>Senator Bernie Sanders</strong> of Vermont continues to both draw the kind of large crowds that other candidates dream of, and to gain ground on <strong>Mrs. Clinton</strong> in polls. <a href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=4z5Q7LhI+KUri8snyRou4e/l8HLWsQZmNyK58Y+9uhzQW/PW9qpsBqPGHzlonE5Kc1rRikW0ni0IdtvxXimAS96/euIepdmNYygMq8W6VOR4OKdJsowR5AuMKIByCYS/zl8ecv6FX1HQ77ttoC4DL+qpNL0Q2TwU9A46M9jY8qsCnYDLNCXkUcqPMy9/2JVdGRNJqMA+7zo=&campaign_id=7779&instance_id=61532&segment_id=75911&user_id=30a142167a399d9be2c1b7c32e192bd2®i_id=63304329">The Washington Post</a> and <a href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=4z5Q7LhI+KVjySg8XSPwhYRluBsZfcDa6vGlzcGWNE8NX8pBvCmD2LrgdYDbTD9EPY4D24LIKlO6rMPAG7/gNqiljjB77e+nX1uD2W5x+2XNK+HwtXKNGA==&campaign_id=7779&instance_id=61532&segment_id=75911&user_id=30a142167a399d9be2c1b7c32e192bd2®i_id=63304329">The Los Angeles Times</a> take a look at his success.</p></div> </li> <li style="padding: 0; margin: 0 0 15px 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;"> <div class="item-description" style="text-decoration: none;"><p>Politico reports that <strong>Senator Chuck Schumer</strong> of New York, who is the highest-ranking Democrat <a href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=4z5Q7LhI+KVBjmEgFdYACPLKh239P3pgXKvpDxDWOip3AO7DDHaixKvmZ5XMWPLDu25K8iAf56Cuk+Uzz3wxWEJYPVu8cPgbj8n7Rvp2Xj8RbIjle+VLjLgPFgx8efaB&campaign_id=7779&instance_id=61532&segment_id=75911&user_id=30a142167a399d9be2c1b7c32e192bd2®i_id=63304329">to come out against the Iran nuclear deal</a>, and is expected to be among the lead contenders to take over the party’s Senate leadership when <strong>Senator Harry Reid</strong> of Nevada steps down, has been <a href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=4z5Q7LhI+KVYELvrN1vGGsAF62Au4JnqQqWBX03i5xEscPuRyNxh8hYlFVQyPso+J1OiZ1on14tQovxZzQtdBQcwByhM7qeNtq9WK4EWvooBlpkAhR5XHQ==&campaign_id=7779&instance_id=61532&segment_id=75911&user_id=30a142167a399d9be2c1b7c32e192bd2®i_id=63304329">“working the phones”</a> to explain his decision and to assure Democrats that he will not try to secure more no votes.</p></div> </li> <li style="padding: 0; margin: 0 0 15px 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;"> <div class="item-description" style="text-decoration: none;"><p>And <strong>Mr. Bush</strong>’s Middle East policy attacks against <strong>Mrs. Clinton</strong>, <a href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=4z5Q7LhI+KX7bBkGMTbMBBq81lPM6ivqZ/R9md/r3kV6mCrwfyXrM0lJulpoiBFYwqG59yewzIQYTGxKDk4CcEyu9qQTYC8JWZncXVDvY3myuCPj1u6YMumPTLczfSg61uYFzJ29iXr8ymA3DvbMRXaP/HXByxXRi818U0BRkS5NtqpwAchbaWxxyjseuVGC&campaign_id=7779&instance_id=61532&segment_id=75911&user_id=30a142167a399d9be2c1b7c32e192bd2®i_id=63304329">Slate argues,</a> will put her in the position of having to choose between defending herself and criticizing <strong>Mr. Obama</strong> during the Democratic contest.</p></div> </li> <li style="padding: 0; margin: 0 0 15px 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;"> <div class="item-description" style="text-decoration: none;"><p><strong>Mr. Trump</strong> may have a lot of money, but he is <a href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=4z5Q7LhI+KVlB14i4cAMFU+d0NSu9j6Z+nd0LFcudivZv8oJCcB55Er0kMxk+7Kpt5GwapHz7JUf5+U5ZjuGWTbXJHgoJttFGnHTLELubM9lZ1MUkt0yG99TvB2SU0Aimhvq5BT6+hUbHsMK53kFiA==&campaign_id=7779&instance_id=61532&segment_id=75911&user_id=30a142167a399d9be2c1b7c32e192bd2®i_id=63304329">refusing to spend</a> it on his campaign, like by buying television ads, spending on ballot access, or paying for campaign rallies, The Wall Street Journal reports.</p></div> </li> <li style="padding: 0; margin: 0 0 15px 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;"> <div class="item-description" style="text-decoration: none;"><p>The fact that former <strong>Gov. 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