Obama's Commander Says Now Has Tools For Afghan War -- Yahoo News/Reuters
WASHINGTON/KABUL (Reuters) – The top U.S. battlefield commander said on Wednesday that President Barack Obama's 30,000-strong troop increase for the Afghan war would make a huge difference, as the White House prepared to sell the new strategy to Congress.
Rising combat deaths and military costs have sapped U.S. public support for the eight-year-old war and Obama's troop increase plan has prompted protests from left-leaning leaders of his Democratic Party ahead of congressional elections next year.
Read more ....
More News On Afghanistan
Remarks by the President in Address to the Nation on the Way Forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan -- Transcript, White House.
Obama Adds Troops, but Maps Exit Plan -- New York Times
Obama Vows to Break Taliban -- L.A. Times
Obama: US Security is Still at Stake -- Washington Post
Obama's Afghanistan speech: five key points -- Christian Science Monitor
Obama orders 30,000-troop boost in Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/AP
Obama Bets Big on Brief Surge -- Wall Street Journal
Obama announces 30,000 troop surge -- Yahoo News/AFP
Obama outlines buildup and exit strategy for Afghanistan -- McClatchy News
President Obama: U.S. Troops to Afghanistan at 'Fastest Pace Possible' -- ABC News
Obama Pledges to Avoid Repeat of Vietnam -- Washington Times
Obama: 30,000 More US Troops To Afghanistan By Mid-2010 -- Voice of America
Barack Obama Sets Date of July 2011 to Begin Withdrawal -- The Telegraph
President Obama Outlines Vision for Afghan War -- Times Online
McCain on Afghanistan: President Obama's Timeline for Withdrawal will 'Embolden Enemies' -- ABC News
Key US senators back Obama's troop surge -- AFP
Democrats Wary of the Commitment -- Boston Globe
Critics From Across the Spectrum Blast Plan -- Wall Street Journal
Afghanistan Surge Faces Skeptical Public, Lawmakers -- Stars And Stripes
Congress divided over financing for troop increase -- Washington Post
The Puzzle for Congress: How to Pay for Plan -- Washington Post
Barack Obama's Afghanistan plan draws mixed reaction -- The Guardian
Congress scrutinizes Obama's Afghanistan plan -- Yahoo News/AP
Obama Tries to Shore up American Support -- BBC
US Plan Draws Concern in Kabul, Pakistan -- Wall Street Journal
Afghanistan, Pakistan and UN Comment on New US Strategy -- Voice of America
Many Fear Taliban Will Wait Out US Troop Presence -- L.A. Times
US Troops Skeptical of Afghan Abilities -- Washington Times
Experts Fear Ousted Afghan Taliban will Simply Cross the Border -- L.A. Times
Critics Denounce any Withdrawal Date -- L.A. Times
With Troop Pledge, New Demands on Afghans -- New York Times
With Key Role, Gates Stands to Get Credit, or Blame -- Wall Street Journal
McChrystal Statement on Obama's Afghanistan Decision -- FOX News
McChrystal welcomes Obama troop surge as Nato pledges troops -- Times Online
US commander says it's time to take battle to Taliban -- The Guardian
Afghanistan: Stanley McChrystal warns of more troop deaths -- The Telegraph
McChrystal "Absolutely" Backs Afghan Plan -- CBS
Obama's Speech on Afghanistan War: Will Europe Send More Troops? -- Christian Science Monitor
Nato makes 'substantial' troop pledge for Afghanistan -- BBC
NATO Could Add Troops in Afghanistan -- New York Times
NATO Chief: US Allies Pledge 5,000 More Troops to Fight in Afghanistan -- Voice of America
NATO chief: Allies will provide 5,000 more troops -- AP
US allies to send 5,000 troops to Afghanistan: NATO -- AFP
How to Get Troops to Afghanistan in a Hurry -- The Danger Room
Logistics Play Key Role in US War Effort in Afghanistan -- Voice of America
Bagram Readying for More Casualties -- Military.com
Added forces will be concentrated in southern Afghanistan -- L.A.
In Taliban stronghold, U.S. medics win friends for Marines -- McClatchy News
US Military Deaths in Afghanistan Region at 851 -- New York Times/AP
Commentaries, Opinions, And Analysis
ANALYSIS-Obama's escalation challenges U.S. military -- Reuters
Pentagon Hopes 30,000-Troop ‘Counterpunch’ Can Buy Time for Afghanistan’s Homegrown Forces -- The Danger Room
Obama Afghan Decision Has Far-Reaching Implications -- Voice of America
The Afghan-Pakistan Solution -- Pervez Musharraf, Wall Street Journal
The Reality of Afghanistan -- Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Times
With Narrower Military Goals, Obama Ups the Ante -- Karen DeYoung, Washington Post.
What Obama Really Said Last Night -- John R. Guardiano, American Spectator
A Sinking Feeling -- Rich Lowry, New York Post
Surge, then Leave -- David Ignatius, Washington Post
This I Believe -- Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times
With Speech, President Makes the Conflict Truly His Own -- Dan Balz, Washington Post
Three-Quarters of the Way There -- Max Boot, Commentary Magazine
Barack Obama's new Afghan strategy is high risk and wildly optimistic -- Con Coughlin, The Telegraph
Two Messages for Two Sides -- Peter Baker and Nagourney, New York Times
Between the Lines, an Expansion in Pakistan -- David E. Sanger and Eric Schmitt, New York Times
Obama’s War -- Jules Crittenden, Forward Movement
Counterinsurgency Incoherence -- Steve Schippert, Washington Times
The Afghanistan Speech - New York Times editorial
An Afghan Strategy - Washington Post editorial
The Afghan Escalation -- Wall Street Journal editorial
The Speech: Not Great, but a Brave Decision at Long Last -- Peter Feaver, FP Shadow Government
The Obama Speech: Still Not Quite Sure What Victory Looks Like -- Joshua Keating, FP Passport
No comments:
Post a Comment