Afghanistan War News Updates -- October 2, 2009

Members of the Afghan air corps receive instructions before a physical fitness test in Kabul. Some Afghans said their country needs as much help with its economic and social development as with its military. (Paula Bronstein / Getty Images / September 30, 2009)

Obama Meets With McChrystal On Air Force One -- New York Times

COPENHAGEN — President Obama met here Friday with Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, his Afghanistan commander, to discuss a possible change in strategy and proposed troop buildup in the eight-year-old war. The meeting had not been previously announced.

General McChrystal flew here from London, where he was on business, and joined Mr. Obama in the forward cabin of Air Force One on the tarmac of the Copenhagen airport for 25 minutes after the president finished his presentation to the International Olympic Committee on behalf of Chicago’s bid to host the 2016 Games.

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More News On Afghanistan

Obama, McChrystal Chat on Air Force One -- CBS
Obama meets with top Afghanistan commander -- USA Today
Obama Met With Gen. McChrystal To Discuss Afghan Strategy -- NPR
Obama meets US Afghanistan commander: TV -- Yahoo News/AFP
Obama, McChrystal meet in Denmark -- Politico
Obama, U.S. troop chief meet on Air Force One -- Reuters
Obama met with General McChrystal today in Copenhagen -- FOX News

Fledging Afghan army grapples with high expectations -- Reuters
Pentagon Opens New Inquiry on Wanat Battle -- New York Times
Military to open new investigation into battle that killed nine soldiers -- Stars And Stripes
Four ISAF soldiers killed in Afghanistan: alliance -- AFP
US, British troops killed in Afghanistan attacks -- Yahoo News/AP
UK serviceman dies in Afghanistan -- BBC
Suicide Bomber Kills 2 U.S. Troops In Afghanistan -- New York Times
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 773 -- AP
FACTBOX-Military deaths in Afghanistan -- Reuters

Secretary of Defense Gates Backpedaling on Afghanistan -- Heritage
McCain Rebuffed in Bid To Compel Afghanistan Testimony From Military -- CQ Politics
McCain: Afghanistan Not as Tough as Iraq -- CBS
Experts Caution Senators Against US Military Surge in Afghanistan -- Voice of America
White House Eyeing Narrower War Effort -- Washington Post

Gen. McChrystal's Speech on Afghanistan -- Real Clear Politics
McChrystal Rejects Scaling Down Afghan Military Aims -- New York Times
McChrystal Defends Military Goals in Afghanistan -- L.A. Times
General Stanley McChrystal turns his fire on Western leaders as Afghan mission falters -- The Telegraph
General McChrystal: Success in Afghanistan is Not Assured -- Voice of America
US Needs to Redefine Afghan Fight, Top Commander Says -- U.S. Department of Defense
McChrystal Urges European Allies to Show Resolve in Afghanistan -- Washington Post

Back Your General and Send More Troops, David Miliband Urges Barack Obama -- Times Online
The U.S. Accepts Karzai, for Better or Worse -- Time Magazine
ANALYSIS-U.N.'s Afghan vote fraud row shows split in West -- Reuters

Commentaries And Analysis

A White House That Acts With All Deliberate Deliberation -- Washington Post
Foreign Policy: Muddling Through Afghanistan -- NPR
Petraeus: Afghanistan is not Iraq or Vietnam -- CBS
More troops are all very well, but what exactly are they going to do? -- Times Online
Obama dithers over Afghanistan -- Robert Fox, The Guardian
Hillary Clinton vs. Afghan Reality -- Washington Times editorial