to meet with General Petraeus, visit the troops, and was supposed to meet with Karzai face to face, but they said he was going to have to stay where he landed and just do a video conference instead since the weather was bad.
7. I'm not sure what's odd. Bad weather is bad weather. And Presidential trips
(especially to war zones) are big, complicated deals that involve careful logistics--the "surprise" trip doesn't mean it's a "spur of the moment" trip.
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