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Officials: Obama Rejects Afghan Options

By BEN FELLER and ANNE GEARAN
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WASHINGTON (Nov. 12) -- President Barack Obama rejected the Afghanistan war options before him and asked for revisions, administration officials say, amid an argument by his own ambassador in Kabul that a significant U.S. troop increase would only prop up a weak, corruption-tainted government.
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A senior administration official says President Barack Obama won\'t accept any of his Afghanistan war options unless changes are made. The news comes as Karl Eikenberry, the American ambassador there, recently expressed big concerns that a troop buildup would make the already weak government more reliant on the U.S.