No Roadmap For Afghan Withdrawal -- Politico
LISBON, Portugal — President Barack Obama and nearly 50 world leaders attending the NATO Summit that concluded here Saturday adopted a call to give the Afghan government control over its own security by 2014.
Not so much talked about, in public anyway, were some of the toughest decisions that may be required to get there.
With the public in the U.S and particularly in Europe losing patience with the Afghan mission, the NATO announcement seemed intended to generate headlines or at least a public perception of a plan for withdrawal.
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