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Leaders don’t have to like each other

Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin were not known for their affection for each other, nor were Truman, Attlee and Stalin. But they all managed to work with each other to establish an agenda for governing post-war Europe.

So what if Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Obama are not bosom buddies? They only need to be businesslike and work together to obtain a workable solution to the problem at hand.

E.T. Shafer, Islamorada

This story was originally published March 26, 2015 at 7:31 PM with the headline "Leaders don’t have to like each other."

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