Obama's big TK

Posted By Joshua Keating Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 11:10 PM Share

When we're editing pieces, often we put off adding certain facts or language until later and just insert the initials "tk," idiosyncratic journalistic shorthand for "to come." Obama's brief mention tonight that he would soon "forge a new and comprehensive strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan to defeat al Qaeda and combat extremism" was essentially a great big national security tk.

The focus tonight was the stimulus and domestic economic recovery and it wouldn't have done justice to the importance of the wars to just tack on a few paragraphs about them. It's fine that Obama didn't address everything in this one speech and this wasn't even a proper state of the union. Just as long as those tks are filled in by press time.

EXPLORE:AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, OBAMA ADMINISTRATION

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