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Afghanistan exit strategy stories: 21 news summaries

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Analysis

In Afghanistan Debate, Obama Focuses on Exit

White House wants
to make sure surge
will enable handover

Nov 17, 09 8:15 AM CST
(Newser) - The Obama administration’s extended ruminations on an Afghan surge aren’t really over how many troops to send in—they’re about how they’ll get those troops out. Obama’s main problem with the initial military plan was that it seemed too open ended, administration sources tell Gerald... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • troop surge • Hamid Karzai • troop levels • Afghanistan war • President Obama • Afghanistan exit strategy

 Obama Rejects 
 Afghan War  Options 

President wants modified plans, timetables

Nov 12, 09 7:45 AM CST
(Newser) - President Obama refused to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented to him in yesterday's 2 1/2 hour strategy meeting, the AP reports, as concerns soar over the leadership of Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the ability of a corrupt Afghan government to eventually secure its own country. Obama... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • Hamid Karzai • Afghanistan war • Afghanistan exit strategy • Karl Eikenberry

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Rush: Obama 
 Doesn't Care 
 About War in 
 Afghanistan 

Furthermore, prez is intentionally killing economy, says Limbaugh

Nov 1, 09 9:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Ever-reticent talking head Rush Limbaugh took to the airwaves today, telling Fox News Sunday that President Obama "doesn't care much about" the war in Afghanistan, and his recent salute of slain soldiers "was a photo op precisely because he’s having big time trouble on this Afghanistan dithering... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • Fox News • John Boehner • David Plouffe • Sarah Palin • Afghanistan war • Afghanistan exit strategy • Sunday morning talk shows • Dede Scozzafava • 23rd District

david brooks on afghan war

Obama Needs to Decide if He's in It to Win It

Hasn't proved he's truly committed to the fight

Oct 30, 09 8:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - These White House strategy sessions on Afghanistan are all well and good and full of questions, writes David Brooks , but they sidestep the big one: Is he committed to the effort? We know President Obama is a smart guy. What we don't know is whether he has the "tenacity"... More »

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Afghanistan • Afghanistan war • President Obama • Afghanistan exit strategy

 City-Focused 
 Afghan Plan 
 Winning Support 

Emerging strategy fuses McChrystal, Biden competing plans

Oct 28, 09 6:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - A plan one official describes as "McChrystal for the city, Biden for the country," is emerging as the administration continues to hammer out its Afghan strategy. The plan would concentrate US forces in population centers, while maintaining pressure on insurgents elsewhere with drone strikes and targeted attacks from... More »

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Afghanistan • Joe Biden • Taliban • US military • Afghanistan war • Afghanistan exit strategy • Stanley McChrystal

Biden on Cheney's Afghan Bluster: 'Who Cares?'

In Europe, VP calls predecessor's review of conflict 'irrelevant'

Oct 23, 09 6:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Joe Biden’s in Europe, but his latest opinion of Dick Cheney’s continued attacks on President Obama isn’t getting lost in translation. Asked about Cheney’s criticism that Obama is “dithering” on Afghanistan, Biden replied: “Who cares?” Biden added that a review of the conflict late... More »

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Joe Biden • Dick Cheney • George W. Bush • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • President Obama • Afghanistan exit strategy

opinion

Arianna: Biden Should Resign Over Afghanistan

If Obama ramps up troops, the VP should quit on principle

Oct 14, 09 5:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Joe Biden should resign on principle if President Obama sends more troops to Afghanistan, writes Arianna Huffington. It's no secret Biden has "deep reservations" about ramping up the war effort there. "So if the president does decide to escalate, Biden, for the good of the country, should escalate... More »

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Joe Biden • vice president • Arianna Huffington • Afghanistan war • Office of the Vice President • Afghanistan exit strategy

ANALYSIS

Biden's Doubts on Afghan Strategy Wins Allies

VP's calls for a narrowed mission echo increasing pessimism on war

Oct 14, 09 5:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Joe Biden was a lone voice of skepticism on Afghanistan strategy after his fact-finding tour there earlier this year, but many in the White House have gradually swung to his point of view. Biden's perspective that the mission should be narrowed is now favored by administration liberals. The position reflects... More »

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Afghanistan • Joe Biden • vice president • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • Afghanistan exit strategy

WHAT OBAMA IS READING

Vietnam Books Playing Key Role in Afghan War Debate

Competing works on Vietnam War top policymakers' reading lists

Oct 7, 09 8:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - A pair of books on the Vietnam War—one on why America should never have gotten involved, and one on how it could have won—are providing the framework for the Washington debate over Afghanistan strategy, insiders say. Lessons in Disaster, which describes how the White House was pushed into... More »

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Afghanistan • Joe Biden • Robert Gates • Vietnam War • Afghanistan war • President Obama • Afghanistan exit strategy

OPINION

 McChrystal Should 'Shut Up' 

General's job is to advise the president, not lobby publicly for policy changes

Oct 5, 09 4:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - The decisions President Obama will make following his review of Afghanistan policy will be some of the most important of his presidency. The last thing he needs, then, is a rogue general waging a public campaign for the adoption of his preferred strategy. To be sure, Stanley McChrystal deserves enormous... More »

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Afghanistan • Afghanistan war • military commanders • President Obama • Afghanistan exit strategy • Stanley McChrystal

 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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Afghanistan • Joe Biden • Taliban • US military • al-Qaeda • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • Afghanistan exit strategy • Stanley McChrystal

(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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Afghanistan • Taliban • US Army • Afghanistan war • Arghandab • Afghanistan exit strategy

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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Afghanistan • US military • US troops • Afghanistan war • Afghanistan exit strategy • Stanley McChrystal

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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Afghanistan • US military • Afghanistan war • Afghanistan exit strategy • Stanley McChrystal

(Newser) - President Obama's advisers are divided over the Pentagon's expected request for more troops to be deployed to Afghanistan, reports the New York Times. Joe Biden is leading the just-say-no camp, arguing that the mission in Pakistan is more important. The opposition includes envoy Richard Holbrooke, who says US troops are... More »

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Afghanistan • Hillary Clinton • Joe Biden • Robert Gates • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • Richard Holbrooke • President Obama • Afghanistan exit strategy

 Afghan Report Pressures 
 Prez for More Troops 

Where military sees inadequate resources, Dem base sees hopeless mire

Sep 1, 09 9:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - As he heads to Camp David tomorrow, with General Stanley McChrystal's assessment of the situation in Afghanistan under his arm, President Obama faces a political minefield. The grim report lays the groundwork for deploying more troops to Afghanistan, the New York Times reports, adding pressure on the president, who must... More »

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Afghanistan • troop levels • President Obama • Afghanistan exit strategy • Stanley McChrystal

OPINION

 Time to Quit Afghanistan 

Nation-building in one of the world's weakest states is a lost cause

Sep 1, 09 2:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - America needs to abandon its idea of nation-building in Afghanistan before the lives of yet more troops are squandered trying to establish an effective central government in a country that has never had one, George F. Will warns in the Washington Post. Even with America's troop-intensive efforts, experts say Kabul... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • US military • Adm. Mike Mullen • al-Qaeda • Afghanistan war • Afghanistan exit strategy

(Newser) - British commanders backed by US officials aim to use the success of recent offensives to persuade mid-level Taliban leaders to come in for talks and give up the fight, the Guardian reports. Conditions are right for the "second-tier" leaders who control large numbers of fighters in southern Afghanistan to... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Taliban • insurgents • David Miliband • Afghanistan war • Afghanistan exit strategy

Democrats Lose Patience Over Wars, Gitmo

Support ebbs on left as Obama's security plans look uncertain

May 14, 09 9:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats are having misgivings about the war in Afghanistan and the shuttering of Guantanamo Bay, particularly in the more liberal House, the New York Times reports. Though Congress is sure to approve another $96.7 billion in war funding, the House took out $80 million to close Guantanamo, saying the... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • Congress • Richard Nixon • Democrat • Guantanamo Bay • House Democrats • Obama administration • President Obama • Afghanistan exit strategy • David Obey • Alan Grayson

(Newser) - When President Obama unveils his strategy for Afghanistan tomorrow, he will for the first time ask Iran to help bring peace to the region, Marc Ambinder writes for the Atlantic. Obama may not mention Iran by name, but he will ask neighboring nations to form a group to mediate disputes... More »

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Afghanistan • Iran • Pakistan • US military • President Obama • Afghanistan exit strategy

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