White House Defends Afghan War Strategy and July 2011 Drawdown Date -- ABC News
Balancing a Troop Surge With a Drawdown Date Sends Important Signal, WH Says
Today, the Pentagon announced it has given orders to 16,000 troops to deploy to Afghanistan, as part of President Obama's new Afghan War strategy decision to send an additional 30,000 troops.
Yet, as the troop surge gets underway, the president's advisers are still answering doubts about the White House's new strategy of sending additional troops, while at the same time announcing a July 2011 date when the U.S. would begin withdrawing its troops.
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Mullen: US 'losing war in Afghanistan' -- Jerusalem Post
Along with Pep Talk, Marines Get Warning -- Washington Post
US troop surge in Afghanistan to begin next week -- DAWN
Many surge troops 'already in Afghanistan' -- Times Online
NATO steps up in Afghanistan -- Christian Science Monitor
Pentagon orders 16,000 troops to Afghanistan -- L.A. Times
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Commentaries And Analysis
Taliban's Counter Strategy is based on declared US Strategy -- Counter Terrorism Blog
The Next Surge: Counterbureaucracy -- Jonathan J. Vaccaro, New York Times
Q+A - Understanding Obama's Afghan strategy -- Reuters
Back to Wanat -- Captain's Journal