Obama Promises To 'Finish The Job' In Afghanistan
WASHINGTON — War-weary Americans will support more fighting in Afghanistan once they understand the perils of losing, President Barack Obama dec...
WASHINGTON — War-weary Americans will support more fighting in Afghanistan once they understand the perils of losing, President Barack Obama dec...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics
One of the chief proponents for increasing U.S. force levels in Afghanistan argued on Thursday that to pursue any lesser strategy would be the equival...
Washington Post | Karen DeYoung and Greg Jaffe | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics
The United States will not meet its goals in Afghanistan without a major increase in planned spending on development and civilian reconstruction next ...
New York Times | HELENE COOPER and ERIC SCHMITT | Posted 04.28.2009 | Politics
President Obama's plan to widen United States involvement in Afghanistan came after an internal debate in which Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. war...
The Independent | Patrick Cockburn | Posted 03.30.2009 | World
President Obama is likely to announce in the coming days that he will withdraw all US combat troops from Iraq by August 2010. Many of these soldiers w...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics
President Obama's decision to deploy an additional 17,000 troops to Afghanistan has, as was expected, provoked concern among foreign policy observers ...
AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics