Joe Klein: Obama's Decision To Wait On Afghan Troops "Very Good News"

Time:

Barack Obama's decision to think carefully about the situation in Afghanistan before he sends more troops there is very good news. It shows a Commander-in-Chief unwilling to do what George W. Bush did--defer to others, first Dick Cheney, then David Petraeus, when it comes to making the most essential decisions that a President can make. It is part of a larger process that has been going on behind the scenes, the rebalancing of U.S. foreign policy away from the Pentagon and toward both the White House (especially Jim Jones' amped-up National Security Council) and the State Department.

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