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Afghanistan Troop Levels

Obama Seeking Options To Send Fewer Troops To Afghanistan

washingtonpost.com | Anne E. Kornblut and Greg Jaffe | Posted 10.31.2009 | World

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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...

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Matthew Hoh Resigns: State Department Official Quits Over Afghan War

Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — A former Marine who fought in Iraq, joined the State Department after leaving the military and was a diplomat in a Taliban strongho...

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Obama's Decision On Afghanistan Troop Levels Likely Between November 7 And 11; More Troops Likely

ABC News | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

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Sources tell ABC News that as of now President Obama will likely announce his decision about a new strategy in Afghanistan at some point between the A...

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Gates, Clinton Crucial Voting Bloc On Afghanistan

New York Times | Mark Landler and Thom Shanker | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

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The last time the Obama administration arrived at a moment of truth in the debate over what to do about Afghanistan, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Robert...

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Gates: Military Will Fall In Line Behind Obama On Afghanistan

AP | LARA JAKES | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the U.S. military will not hesitate in carrying out whatever mission President Barack Obama dec...

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Dan Froomkin

Obama Finally Facing Reality in Afghanistan

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

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Maybe it was the spectacle of all those discredited neocons gathering in Washington to urge him to stay the course in Afghanistan. Or maybe it was the...

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Lessons From Afghanistan

Rep. Neil Abercrombie | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

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Rep. Neil Abercrombie

I do not believe that military victory in Afghanistan is simply a matter of reappearing with enough troops and the right military strategy.

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More Troops to Afghanistan?

Richard A. Clarke | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

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Richard A. Clarke

Afghanistan is not a numbers game. The issue is whether we are pursuing a strategy that defines our goals and tailors our means to them.

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It's the corruption, stupid!

Rep. Jane Harman | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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Rep. Jane Harman

Success in Afghanistan is essential; the United States has invested too many troops and too much treasure to fail. But raising troop levels is the wrong place to start the discussion of how to move forward.

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Key Senate Dems Signal Resistance To Troop Increase In Afghanistan

AP | KEN THOMAS and LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Key Senate Democrats signaled Friday that any push by President Barack Obama to send more troops to Afghanistan is likely to hit re...

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Feingold To Oppose Afghan War Troop Increase

Washington Independent | Posted 09.05.2009 | World

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If Gen. Stanley McChrystal proposes, as expected, an increase in U.S. troops for the Afghanistan war, Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) is "likely to oppose...

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