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Obama Seeking Options To Send Fewer Troops To Afghanistan

washingtonpost.com | Anne E. Kornblut and Greg Jaffe | Posted 05.25.2011

President Obama has asked the Pentagon's top generals to provide him with more options for troop levels in Afghanistan, two U.S. officials said late F...

Sam Stein

Gibbs: Neither McChrystal Nor Eikenberry 'Lost' In Afghan Deliberations

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

The deliberative process behind President Obama's Afghanistan strategy has produced public disagreements, both within the cabinet and war council, ove...

Sam Stein

Holbrooke: Afghanistan Is Not Vietnam

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Afghanistan is not another Vietnam, Richard Holbrooke declared on Sunday, in what was, perhaps, the most forceful pushback against concern and critici...

France's Afghanistan Presence To Bulk Up Following Solider Deaths

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011

PARIS (AFP) - France announced Monday it will beef up its mission in Afghanistan with helicopters, drones and other military means amid debate over wh...