Stabilizing Afghanistan May Take At Least Four Years, McChrystal Says -- Star Telegram
WASHINGTON — The week before a major presidential speech on Afghanistan strategy, Gen. Stanley McChrystal told lawmakers touring the combat zone that it could take at least four years to stabilize the country and allow the drawdown of U.S. forces.
The top coalition commander in Afghanistan gave the estimate to a delegation of six lawmakers during a private assessment in Kabul of military conditions in the country.
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President Obama must sell war to anti-war base -- Politico
Australian Leader Will Visit Obama -- Washington Post
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Commentaries And Analysis
John Burns Q. and A. on Obama’s Options in Afghanistan -- John Burns, New York Times
Get real on Afghanistan -- Colbert King, Washington Post
Obama's Afghanistan war speech partly a bid for more foreign troops -- Christian Science Monitor
Soviets' Afghan Ordeal Vexed Gates on Troop-Surge Plan -- Wall Street Journal
Merkel Loses Cabinet Ally After Fallout from Afghan Raid Spreads -- Times Online
Germany's Doubts About Afghanistan Grow After Revelations About Air Strike -- Time Magazine
NATO Has Lost its Way in Afghanistan, Army Chief Tells Muslims -- Times Online
President Obama must sell war to anti-war base -- Politico
Australian Leader Will Visit Obama -- Washington Post
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 849 -- Washington Post/AP
John Burns Q. and A. on Obama’s Options in Afghanistan -- John Burns, New York Times
Get real on Afghanistan -- Colbert King, Washington Post
When to Leak -- Washington Times editorial
Afghan withdrawal would be folly -- Robert Fox, The Guardian
Obama set to sell surge to America -- Peter Goodspeed, National Post
Embracing the Taliban -- Mitch Potter, The Toronto Star
Afghanistan: The Speech You'll Miss -- Jim Hoagland, Washington Post
Soviets' Afghan Ordeal Vexed Gates on Troop-Surge Plan -- Wall Street Journal
Merkel Loses Cabinet Ally After Fallout from Afghan Raid Spreads -- Times Online
Germany's Doubts About Afghanistan Grow After Revelations About Air Strike -- Time Magazine
NATO Has Lost its Way in Afghanistan, Army Chief Tells Muslims -- Times Online
President Obama must sell war to anti-war base -- Politico
Australian Leader Will Visit Obama -- Washington Post
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 849 -- Washington Post/AP
Commentaries And Analysis
John Burns Q. and A. on Obama’s Options in Afghanistan -- John Burns, New York Times
Get real on Afghanistan -- Colbert King, Washington Post
When to Leak -- Washington Times editorial
Afghan withdrawal would be folly -- Robert Fox, The Guardian
Obama set to sell surge to America -- Peter Goodspeed, National Post
Embracing the Taliban -- Mitch Potter, The Toronto Star
Afghanistan: The Speech You'll Miss -- Jim Hoagland, Washington Post