Brian Katulis

Does Obama Have a Clear Plan for Afghanistan?

If someone were to tell you they wanted to spend $100 billion a year on a project but couldn't fully describe its goal, you'd probably think twice before saying, go for it. But that's what President Barack Obama is doing with the war in Afghanistan -- according to an Obama-friendly think tank. This week, as Obama meets in Washington with Afghanistan's president, Hamid Karzai, the Center for American Progress released a study that contained a stunning conclusion. Obama administration officials, it declares, "need greater clarity of purpose in defining their end-state goals" in Afghanistan. ...

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