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(Newser) - President Obama squeezed in a quick, unannounced meeting this morning with Gen. Stanley McChrystal during his trip to Copenhagen. The two met for about a half-hour aboard Air Force One, where McChrystal presumably made his case in person for more troops in Afghanistan. The general flew in from London, where... More »

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 White House Split on 
 Afghanistan Strategy 

'Skeptic-in-chief' Biden challenges McChrystal's call for more troops

Oct 2, 09 1:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gen. Stanley McChrystal's call to beef up the war effort in Afghanistan is proving a tough sell with senior administration officials.  White House advisers challenged many aspects of the commander's assessment at a meeting this week, including his belief that al-Qaeda would again find sanctuary in Afghanistan if the... More »

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(Newser) - The US troops patrolling the Arghandab River area in southern Afghanistan have one of the most arduous tasks of the war: winning the support of the locals in a region where the Taliban is gaining strength. Hal Bernton of McClatchy Newspapers checks in with the soldiers of Bravo Company and... More »

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 Obama May Need GOP 
 to Send More Troops 

Democrats uneasy about Afghan buildup

Oct 1, 09 9:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - If President Obama decides to go along with Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s request for 40,000 more troops in Afghanistan, he’s probably going to need Republican help to do it. Democrats are increasingly opposed to the buildup, with party leaders telling the Washington Post they worry that more... More »

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Afghanistan • Lindsey Graham • troop levels • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • Stanley McChrystal

OPINION

 Rove Warns Prez: 
 Don't Leave 
 Afghanistan 
 to Biden 

Obama should drop his 'aloof' approach and start listening to his commanders

Oct 1, 09 5:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama's hands-off approach to Afghanistan may suit his governing style but it's no way to win a war, writes Karl Rove. The president has only spoken with his top commander in Afghanistan once since June, notes Rove. This apparent indifference to conditions on the ground contrasts sharply with his... More »

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Afghanistan • Joe Biden • Karl Rove • Afghanistan war • President Obama • Stanley McChrystal

OPINION

 Americans Fed Up 
 With Afghan War 


Sep 26, 09 9:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration is busy figuring out how to fine-tune its Afghan strategy while most Americans by and large just want us out of there. "A clash is coming," warns Bob Herbert. Most people are tired of the war, worried about the recession, and in no mood for... More »

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Osama Warns Europe to Leave Afghanistan

Al-Qaeda mastermind says Obama 'has no regard for human life'

Sep 25, 09 1:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Osama bin Laden wants Europe to pull its troops out Afghanistan and sever ties with the US. In a new audio message, the al-Qaeda chief admonishes European nations for putting in with a United States whose “supreme commander has no regard for human life and intentionally bombs villagers from... More »

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opinion

 Brooks: 
 Listen to McChrystal 

President Obama must dismiss 'graveyard of empires' remarks

Sep 25, 09 9:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Talk to people who have a superficial sense of Afghanistan, and you'll hear the same thing: It's a "graveyard of empires," and the US needs to get out. Genuine experts, people who live there, dismiss the stereotype as "rubbish" and take a more "guardedly optimistic" view.... More »

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Interview

McChrystal Surprised by 'Breadth of Violence'

Civilian casualties all-important in Afghanistan, commander says

Sep 25, 09 7:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gen. Stanley McChrystal, whose mission for the last few months has been to size up the situation in Afghanistan and redirect US strategy, says he found the violence to be worse than he expected going in. “I think that in some areas that the breadth of violence, the geographical... More »

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Taliban Widens Afghan Attacks From Pakistan Base

Forces controlled from Pakistan respond nimbly

Sep 24, 09 10:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Afghan Taliban leadership operating out of Pakistan has surprised the US military by countering its offensive in southern Afghanistan with a shrewd expansion into the north and west of the country. “They’ve outmaneuvered us time and time again,” an intelligence official tells the New York ... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • US military • Quetta • Mullah Omar • Afghanistan war • military offensive • Stanley McChrystal

 Ahmadinejad 
 Rips Israel, 
 US, as Usual, 
 in UN Speech 

American, other delegations walk out of Iranian president's speech

Sep 23, 09 7:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ripped Israel and the US in his speech today before the United Nations General Assembly, even as Iran’s president said his country was ready to work for peace and would shake hands “honestly extended to us.” The US and other delegations walked out—in protest... More »

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Israel • Middle East • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Israel and Palestinians • Moammar Gadhafi • UN General Assembly • speech • Iraq war • Afghanistan war • US delegation

McChrystal Denies Rift,
Says He's Not Quitting

General will not resign, even if his requests are not honored

Sep 23, 09 4:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - General McChrystal says his bleak assessment of the US effort in Afghanistan has not created any ill will between him and the Obama administration, and he welcomed the national debate over the mission. In an interview with the New York Times, McChrystal also denied rumors that he will resign he... More »

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 Congress Wants 
 McChrystal 
 in Hot Seat 

Members of both parties want testimony, but Pentagon is not forthcoming

Sep 23, 09 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - With the White House beset by classified leaks and agonizing over a new Afghan strategy, lawmakers from both parties in both Houses of Congress are calling for a sitdown with Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the Wall Street Journal reports. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has refused requests for testimony from McChrystal... More »

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Post Held Off Afghan Story at DoD Request

Pentagon got one-day delay, and redacted McChrystal report

Sep 23, 09 10:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - When Bob Woodward obtained Gen. Stanley McChrystal's classified report on Afghanistan, the Obama administration asked for and got a one-day delay in publication from the Washington Post, the paper reports. Woodward and the Post’s editor met with Pentagon officials Sunday and agreed to remove some sensitive information... More »

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(Newser) - With US casualties mounting in Afghanistan, some members of Congress are questioning recent orders that have put troops at greater risk in order to protect Afghan civilians, the Washington Post reports. Gen. Stanley McChrystal recently berated the military for being “preoccupied with protection of our own forces.”... More »

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Afghan war rethink


 Biden Plan 
 Would Target 
 al-Qaeda, 
 not Taliban 

No consensus has emerged in White House war room

Sep 23, 09 7:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration’s national security heavyweights have yet to reach any kind of consensus on a strategy for Afghanistan, the New York Times reports. Obama is considering both increasing troop levels to carry out his original counterinsurgency strategy, and an alternative plan from Joe Biden that would pull... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Joe Biden • counterterrorism • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • counterinsurgency • Afghanistan election

POLL ANALYSIS

Obama Drops on Foreign Policy, With Independents

But president did slow defections with speech on health reform

Sep 22, 09 6:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s speech on health reform did stem movement away from him on the issue, a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll shows, but he’s losing steam among independent voters—a key constituency for him and fellow Democrats in recent elections—and facing more doubt about his handling of... More »

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ANALYSIS

 Who Leaked 
 to Woodward? 
 Good Luck 

McChrystal report could help the Pentagon, or the White House, or...

Sep 22, 09 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The question du jour in Washington is who leaked Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s report advocating an increased troop presence in Afghanistan to Bob Woodward, Ben Smith writes on Politico. But the outcome of this tried and true “capital parlor game” is far from certain. Some Beltway insiders think... More »

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Pentagon • Washington DC • Washington Post • White House • Bob Woodward • press leaks • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • President Obama • Stanley McChrystal

(Newser) - Gen. Stanley McChrystal has ordered a major shift in US troop deployment in Afghanistan, telling his commanders to pull out of the sparsely populated, Taliban-controlled areas and focus instead on protecting population centers, the Washington Post reports. US officials say they’ve realized that they’re not going to... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • pullout • Afghanistan war • Stanley McChrystal

 Obama May Boost 
 Drones Instead 
 of Troops 

Shifting focus to Pakistan may avoid increasing forces

Sep 22, 09 5:59 AM CDT
(AP) - The White House is looking at expanding counterterror operations in Pakistan as an alternative to a major military escalation in Afghanistan, two senior officials tell the AP. The military would rely on armed drones that could contain al-Qaeda in a smaller, if more remote, area and keep its leaders from... More »

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