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President Obama said yesterday he is still several weeks away from adopting a new strategy for the war in Afghanistan.
What’s taking so long? Obama wants his plan to include an exit strategy — or an “endgame” as he put it yesterday. And there...
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President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, pushing instead for revisions to clarify how...
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