Obama Afghanistan Plan

Gibbs Slams Cheney's "Dithering" Charge Over Afghan War

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN and ANNE GEARAN | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The White House on Thursday forcefully rejected criticism from former Vice President Dick Cheney and other Republicans that Preside...

Obama Broadening Afghanistan War Into 'War of Choice' and Not 'Necessity': CFR

CFR | Bernard Gwertzman | Posted 06.01.2009 | World


Interviewee: Richard N. Haass, President, CFR.org Interviewer: Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting editor, CFR.org CFR President Richard N. Haass's late...

Obama Afghanistan Goal 'Unattainable:' Analysis

Foreign Policy In Focus | Posted 05.03.2009 | World


It's official. President Barack Obama now fully owns the war in Afghanistan. Standing alongside his military advisors and in front of the Washington p...

Obama's New Afghanistan Strategy Announcement (LIVE VIDEO)

MSNBC | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics


President Obama unveils his new strategy for Afghanistan: More troops, more diplomats, more aid workers and billions more dollars. Watch it live here...

Obama's Afghanistan Policy Sneak Peak: Ambinder

Marc Ambinder | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics


President Barack Obama's new posture toward Afghanistan and Pakistan, to be unveiled tomorrow, codifies for the first time Iran's role in regional dip...

US To Plant Afghan 'Prime Minister' To Bypass Hamid Karzai: Guardian

guardian.co.uk | Julian Borger in Brussels and Ewen MacAskill in Washington | Posted 04.23.2009 | World


The US and its European allies are ­preparing to plant a high-profile figure in the heart of the Kabul government in a direct challenge to the Afghan...

Obama Refuses To Be Rushed On Troop Decision, Surprising Military

Politico/AP | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics


President Barack Obama's chief spokesman said Monday that he will make a decision "within days, not weeks," on how many additional troops to send to A...

Military Official On Afghan Strategy: "Frankly, We Don't Have One"

Msnbc.com | Posted 03.07.2009 | World


The Pentagon is prepared to announce the deployment of 17,000 additional soldiers and Marines to Afghanistan as early as this week even as President B...