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• Another South Dakotan, Riley Reiff (reef) of Parkston, was drafted by the Detroit Lions after a stellar career on Iowa's offensive line. The Washington Redskins drafted University of South Dakota offensive tackle Tom Compton, a native of Rosemount, Minn.
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AP News in Brief
Analysis: Obama's 'We're leaving' message trumps pledge US won't abandon Afghanistan
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- In President Barack Obama's twin narratives, the United States is both leaving Afghanistan and staying there.
• The different messages are meant for different audiences, one at home and one away. As Obama's brief, symbolic visit to Afghanistan on Wednesday made clear, the more important audience is American voters fed up with a war that will be in its 12th year on Election Day this fall.
• The president flew in secret to sign a long-awaited security compact with Afghanistan. It was after midnight in Kabul when the signing took place, and 4 a.m. there when Obama addressed Americans in a specially arranged 7:30 p.m. EDT speech on network television. By the time most Afghans woke up, Obama was gone.
• "My fellow Americans," Obama said from Bagram Air Field, "we have traveled through more than a decade under the dark cloud of war. Yet here, in the predawn darkness of Afghanistan, we can see the light of a new day on the horizon."
• The backdrop of armored troop carriers matched Obama's message of praise for U.S. forces who fought and died in Afghanistan, but it was an odd fit for what followed -- a direct appeal to American optimism and self-interest in an election year.
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Hours after Obama visit, Taliban attack on compound for foreigners in Afghan capital kills 7
• KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Taliban insurgents attacked a compound housing foreigners in the Afghan capital Wednesday, killing seven people, hours after President Barack Obama made a surprise visit and signed a pact governing the U.S. presence after combat troops withdraw.
• The Taliban said the attack was a response to Obama's visit, which coincided (Continued on page 44)
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