Obama Afghanistan Policy

Obama Afghanistan Choice Is In Or Out, No Middle Ground: Eugene Robinson

Washington Post | Eugene Robinson | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics


Barack Obama didn't set out to be a "war president," but that's what history compels him to be. The nation and the world are fortunate that he doesn't...

Jones V. McChrystal: Obama Security Adviser Downplays Insurgency Fears

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON -- Afghanistan is not in imminent danger of falling to the Taliban, President Barack Obama's national security adviser said Sunday as he do...

Dubious Afghan Vote Drove Obama To Revisit Strategy

Wall Street Journal | PETER SPIEGEL | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics


The public debate in Washington over the White House's unexpected reappraisal of its Afghan strategy has focused on troop numbers and military tactics...

Obama's Afghanistan Policy Meets More Skepticism In Congress

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Congressional skepticism over the Obama administration's plans for Afghanistan mounted Sunday as four senators questioned whether m...

The New Anti-War Movement: Obama Faces Growing Backlash Over Afghanistan

The Daily Beast | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics


As President Obama's generals consider asking for more troops in Afghanistan, the White House is finding itself confronted with a new problem: lefty w...

Obama Close To Announcing New Afghan Strategy

AP | ANNE GEARAN and ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is close to announcing a redrawn strategy for a war in Afghanistan that the president says the United Stat...