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Woodward Book: Obama Team Split on Afghanistan

Sep 22nd 2010 – 7:23AM
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(Sept. 22) -- Frustrated that his top military advisers failed to provide him an exit plan for Afghanistan, President Obama crafted his own strategy, according to a new book by journalist Bob Woodward. In "Obama's War" -- Woodward's meeting-by-meeting, memo-by-memo account of the 2009 Afghan strategy review -- the...

Woodward Book: Obama Team Split on Afghanistan

Sep 22nd 2010 – 6:27AM
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Patrick Baz, AFP / Getty Images

WASHINGTON (Sept. 22) -- President Barack Obama's top advisers spent much of the past 20 months arguing about policy and turf, according to a new book, with some top members of his national security team doubting the president's strategy in Afghanistan will work. The book, "Obama's Wars," by journalist Bob Woodward, says...

Military Chief Defends Obama on Afghanistan

Dec 3rd 2009 – 1:05PM

WASHINGTON (Dec. 3) -- Public praise for their civilian superiors is expected of senior uniformed leaders. But the nation's top military man seemed to go out of his way on Wednesday to praise President Barack Obama's plan to send 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, then begin withdrawing them by the middle of...

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Tom Hayden: What Is Obama's Position on Afghanistan? Say It Again?

By Tom Hayden May 16th 2012 - 09:55AM

As a candidate opposing the Iraq War, Barack Obama improved his hawkish credentials by promising to track down Osama bin Laden, expand drone attacks, and escalate the American troop numbers in Afghanistan.

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Obama's Vietnam?

By Peter Worthington May 05th 2012 - 11:42PM

We've seen this before, and now we are seeing it again.

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Obama Speech In Afghanistan

By The Huffington Post News Editors May 01st 2012 - 07:53PM

President Barack Obama made a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Tuesday night to sign an agreement with President Hamid Karzai outlining the United States' military presence in Afghanistan after 2014.

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John McCain Praises Obama For Afghanistan Trip

By Katy Hall May 01st 2012 - 05:31PM

John McCain is "pleased" to learn about President Obama's surprise visit to Afghanistan.

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