News Source: National Public Radio
| about 1 month ago
Intense debate is under way in Washington about what direction the U.S. should take in the war in Afghanistan. But it's now looking unlikely that President Obama will back the major troop increase that his top commander in Afghanistan is calling for.
News Source: The Frontier Post
| about 1 month ago
Afghanistan has been transferred to President Barack Obama and has started working its way through the military chain of command, the Pentagon said. It remains unclear how soon Obama will act on the request, which General Stanley McChrystal submitted...
News Source: CNN
| about 1 month ago
As tensions mount over the best way forward in Afghanistan, top aides say President Obama is adamant about coming up with a new plan before deciding on troop levels. Rising violence and the resurgence of Taliban and al Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan...
News Source: Inter Press Service
| about 1 month ago
President Barack Obama has been no stranger to being in the crosshairs of Republican pundits who have accused him of everything from bring a "secret communist" to a tax-and-spend liberal who would oversee huge expansions in the federal government.