WIRE WORKERS - U.S. Marine Corps Engineers set up security wire at a small combat outpost in Musa Qal’eh, Afghanistan, Nov. 5, 2010. The Mrines are assigned to 1st Marine Division's 1st Combat Engineer Battalion. The Marine engineers arrived to fortify defensive positions manned by Marines assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. John M. McCallWhite House Downplays Significance Of Afghanistan Report -- Stars And Stripes
WASHINGTON — The Afghanistan-Pakistan review due to the president next month will evaluate how successful the war strategy in the region has been but won’t suggest substantive changes to operations, a senior administration official said Tuesday.
The official, who spoke with reporters on condition of anonymity, said White House will brief lawmakers on the findings but it has not been decided whether that will take place before the new Congress is seated in January. Regardless, the change in political power brought on by Republican gains in last week’s elections will not affect the focus of the report, he said.
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