Obama nears decision on Afghan plan
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- News Source: Reuters | about 1 month agoThe centerpiece of the emerging strategy would be a counterinsurgency focused on protecting major Afghan population centers, combined with a stepped-up counterterrorism campaign using drones and special operations forces in the countryside and along...
- News Source: The Journal Gazette | about 1 month agoWhatever President Obama decides to do in Afghanistan, he needs to commit to it forcefully and put his entire presidency on the line, Sen. Richard said Friday. Sunday, the Indian Republican said Obama should take his time to consider the plan – or...
- News Source: CNN | about 1 month agoIf President Obama decides to send the 40,000 additional forces to Afghanistan as requested by Gen. Stanley McChrystal, a rough estimate by the Pentagon projects the cost could be an additional $20 billion a year, according to a senior Pentagon...
- News Source: Charlotte Observer Online | about 1 month agoA top Army general says training Afghanistan's military and police forces is critical if the U.S. wants to succeed and he's confident the president will OK more troops for the war there...He told The Associated Press on Friday that he's confident...
- News Source: United Press International | about 1 month agoDefense Department expects tough challenges in Afghanistan as it struggles to address the threats from improvised explosives devices, officials said...Defense Secretary Robert Gates is developing a counter-IED strategy for Afghanistan as American...
- News Source: Politico | about 1 month agoConcerned by the growing number of U.S. deaths in Afghanistan caused by Improvised Explosive Devices, Rep. Duncan Hunter Jr. (R-Calif.) on Thursday pressed the Army general in charge of combating the deadly explosives to step up his efforts. Hunter...
- Blog Source: thetension.blogspot.comAs President Barack Obama and his advisors weigh decisions on the next phase of the Afghan war, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is working to protect against and defeat the growing threat from IEDs, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff ...
- Blog Source: elitestv.com“Although initially slower to develop in Afghanistan [than in Iraq], the IED has now replaced direct-fire weapons as the enemy's weapon of choice,” Army Lt. Gen. Thomas F. Metz, director of the department's Joint Improvised Explosive ...
- Blog Source: moaablogs.orgDespite billions spent to fight the IED, Metz has long acknowledged they will never really defeat the menace. But his organization and others may be falling far short of any goal. Case in point: the IED situation in Afghanistan has ...
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- Blog Source: www.sfexaminer.comAccording to the most current statistics from his office, there were 19 effective IED attacks in Afghanistan in September 2007; the attacks killed nine members of the coalition force and wounded 37 others. In September 2009, there were ...
- Blog Source: smallwarsjournal.comUS Special Envoy on Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke believes the second round of voting will be cleaner than the first. "It is reasonable to hope that there will be less irregularities this time for several reasons," said Richard Holbrooke. .....
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