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US Wobbles on 2011 Date for Afghan Withdrawal
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News
(Nov. 11) -- U.S. troops could be looking at four more years in Afghanistan. That's according to top Obama administration officials, who are now talking more about the end of 2014 as the date when Afghans will take charge of their own security rather than the summer 2011 for the start of the U.S. pullout. The once-steadfast deadline of July 2011 was fixed by President Barack Obama upon approving a surge of 30,000 more American troops to the embattled country. But after both public and private protestations from Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who has said his armed forces are nowhere near ...
Dutch Pullout From Afghanistan Leaves Some Nervous
By Terence Neilan - AOL News(Aug. 1) -- Dutch troops ended their four-year mission in Afghanistan today, winning praise for pioneering one of the most effective strategies in the war against insurgents, and raising some concern about its possible effects on other NATO allies. The pullout of its 1,950 troops is considered unlikely to make a significant military difference, but they leave behind what's become known as the "3D policy" -- defense, diplomacy and development -- that has become a model for other foreign contingents. "Dutch forces have served with distinction in Uruzgan, and we honor their sacrifice and that ...
Obama's Lead: Growing, Growing. . .
By David Knowles - Politics DailyThis race is a long way from over, but even arch-conservative Charles Krauthammer seems to see the writing on the wall:You can't blame McCain. In an election in which all the fudamentals are working for the opposition, he feels he has to keep throwing long in order to keep hope alive. Nonetheless, his frenetic improvisation has perversely (for him) framed the rookie challenger favorably as calm, stead and cool......he's [Obama has] got both a first-class intellect and a first-class temperament. That will likely be enough to make him president.Snap polls show independent voters prefered Obama ...
Mullen Warns Clinton, Obama on Iraq Pullout
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyThe Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has a warning for the Democratic presidential candidates: don't pull out from Iraq too fast. Navy Admiral Michael Mullen said that a rapid withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq could potentially erase all of the gains that have been made there in the past year.Mullen was speaking to ABC News and was responding to a question about the Joint Chiefs' preparations for a new Administration, especially one that may want to withdraw from Iraq. Mullen, whose term will extend into the next Administration, Republican or Democrat, said that the military needs to be ...
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