Obama Afghanistan Decision

Obama's Afghanistan Decision: 34,000 More Troops And An Exit Strategy, Reports Say

Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House braced for a tough sell of President Barack Obama's long-awaited decision on whether to commit tens of thousands of...

Obama Calls War Council Together For Meeting On Afghanistan

AP | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama called his war council together Monday as he moves toward a decision on whether to add more U.S. forces in A...

Army Says Morale Has Fallen Among Troops In Afghanistan

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 11.14.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — Morale has fallen among soldiers in Afghanistan, where troops are seeing record violence in the 8-year-old war, while those in Iraq...

Does Obama Have A 'Credibility Gap' On Afghanistan?

Mother Jones | David Corn | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics


President Barack Obama is still working on his big decision: what to do about the Afghanistan war? On Wednesday, he held another Situation Room strate...

Obama Narrows Afghan Strategy To 4 Possible Options

AP | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics


ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — The White House says President Barack Obama has narrowed down his decision for an Afghanistan strategy to four options. ...

Obama Afghanistan Decision: President Will Miss Self-Imposed Deadline

ABC News | Jake Tapper | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics


Though the White House had been shooting for the president to make an announcement about his new strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan between November...