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Poll: Obama approval dips below 50

JIM YOUNG / Reuters

The latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that only 32 percent of Americans polled believe President Obama's health care plan is a good idea, but a majority backs the troop surge in Afghanistan.

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