Obama down to four options on Afghanistan
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — President Barack Obama is down to four strategic options as he nears a decision on whether to plunge thousands more troops into the Afghan war, the White House said on Tuesday.Obama will sift the four approaches on Wednesday in his latest meeting with top military ...
WH denies Afghan decision made, as tensions flare with Pentagon
WASHINGTON (CNN) – White House National Security Adviser Retired Gen. Jim Jones issued a rare public statement Monday vehemently denying media reports suggesting President Obama has privately decided to send close to 40,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, as tensions between the White House and Pentagon appear to be flaring ...
Interview With the President: Afghanistan Decision and Visits to Dover Air Force Base, Walter Reed
In an exclusive broadcast interview today with ABC’s Jake Tapper, President Obama said his recent trips to Dover Air Force Base and Walter Reed Army Medical Center have had a profound effect on this war strategy decision in Afghanistan.“It absolutely has an impact because it reminds me of the costs ...
Obama Adviser Dismisses Reports of Afghanistan Troop Decision
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama’s national security adviser dismissed reports that the administration has reached a decision to send thousands of additional troops to Afghanistan. Obama hasn’t received final options that he has requested, neither has he reviewed those alternatives with his national security team, said National Security ...
Cheney urges strong U.S. commitment to Afghan war
BENTON HARBOR, Michigan - Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday urged President Barack Obama to commit enough troops to win the war in Afghanistan, warning hesitation would embolden U.S. foes and devastate its allies. "I don't see how he can do anything other than move aggressively to achieve victory," ...
Obama leaning toward 34,000 more troops for Afghanistan
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to send more than 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan next year, but he may not announce it until after he consults with key allies and completes a trip to Asia later this month, administration and military officials have told McClatchy. ...
Meet Afghanistan's model police force: inexperience, drugs and double agents
The Afghan national police has achieved a reputation for being badly trained, riddled with drug addicts and, many fear, infiltrated by secret Taliban agents.Despite the importance of the Afghan police – increasingly seen by counterinsurgency experts and desperate western politicians as vital to gradually bringing conflict in Afghanistan to a ...
Suicide Toll Fuels Worry That Army Is Strained
Sixteen American soldiers killed themselves in October in the U.S. and on duty overseas, an unusually high monthly toll that is fueling concerns about the mental health of the nation's military personnel after more than eight years of continuous warfare.The Army's top generals worry that surging tens of thousands more ...
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 Afghan run-off election, November 7, and the president’s departure for Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, November 11. There is a chance the announcement may be ...
Support Troops Swelling U.S. Force in Afghanistan
President Obama announced in March that he would be sending 21,000 additional troops to Afghanistan. But in an unannounced move, the White House has also authorized -- and the Pentagon is deploying -- at least 13,000 troops beyond that number, according to defense officials.The additional troops are primarily support forces, ...
Obama ‘weeks away’ from Afghan decision
Associated PressWASHINGTON - Hours after winning a Nobel Peace Prize, President Barack Obama assembled his war council in the White House basement to discuss the 8-year-old Afghanistan conflict that military commanders are pressing him to escalate.The president and his top national security advisers huddled for three hours in the Situation ...
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