President Obama announced a new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan in Washington on Friday. Kevin Lamarque/ReutersWhite House Debate Led to Plan to Widen Afghan Effort -- New York Times
WASHINGTON — President Obama’s plan to widen United States involvement in Afghanistan came after an internal debate in which Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. warned against getting into a political and military quagmire, while military advisers argued that the Afghanistan war effort could be imperiled without even more troops.
All of the president’s advisers agreed that the primary goal in the region should be narrow — taking aim at Al Qaeda, as opposed to the vast attempt at nation-building the Bush administration had sought in Iraq. The question was how to get there.
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More News On President Obama's Decision To Expand The War In Afghanistan
Obama Announces New Afghanistan, Pakistan Strategies - Transcript from The Washington Post
White Paper of the Interagency Policy Group's Report on U.S. Policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan -- Centcom
Obama Outlines Afghan Strategy -- Washington Post
US Defines New Afghan Strategy - Wall Street Journal
Afghanistan Policy, Past and Present -- Washington Post
Obama Sounds Cautious Note as He Sets Out Afghan Plan - New York Times
More troops, narrower mission in Afghanistan -- Baltimore Sun
Afghan Plan Adds 4,000 US Troops - Boston Globe
Obama's Strategy for Afghanistan - Christian Science Monitor
Obama Pledges More Troops for Afghanistan - Los Angeles Times
Obama: Taliban and al Qaeda Must Be Stopped - Washington Times
Obama Pumps $5bn Into Pakistan - The Times
Afghanistan 'On Brink of Disaster' - The Australian
White House Won't Rule Out Troops for Pakistan War (Updated) -- The Danger Room
Obama: Yup, We're at War in Pakistan (Updated Again) -- The Danger Room
Obama Vows to 'Dismantle and Defeat' al-Qaeda - Daily Telegraph
Barack Obama Pushes for Afghanistan Result - The Australian
Obama Zeros in on Afghanistan - Washington Times
Obama Takes Aim at Taliban and Al Qaeda - Associated Press
Obama sets Qaeda Defeat as Top Goal in Afghanistan - Reuters
Holbrooke, Petraeus Weigh In on New Afghan-Pakistan Plan - PBS
US Rethinks Afghanistan Strategy - BBC News
Barack Obama Offers New Strategy to Tame Pakistan - The Times
Russia Takes a Look at Afghanistan -- Moscow Times
Pakistani, Afghan Leaders Welcome Obama War Strategy - Voice of America
Afghan president backs new US strategy for war -- Yahoo News/AP
Brown hails new US strategy in Afghanistan -- AFP
News From The U.S. Department Of Defense
President Unveils Afghan-Pakistan Strategy Review -- U.S. Department of Defense
New Afghan Program Supports Community-based Approach to Security -- U.S. Department of Defense
New Afghan Approach More Likely to Succeed, Gates Says -- U.S. Department of Defense
Mullen Praises Regional Approach of Afghan-Pakistan Strategy Review -- U.S. Department of Defense
Trainers ‘Critical’ to Obama’s New Afghan-Pakistan Plan, Mullen Says -- U.S. Department of Defense
New Strategy ‘Refocuses’ Mission in Afghanistan, Flournoy Says -- U.S. Department of Defense
Opinions, Commentaries, And Editorials
A New Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan -- Max Boot from Commentary
Obama's Afghan Plan -- Christian Science Monitor editorial
Obama's Kennedy Moment in Afghanistan -- CQ Politics/Spy Talk
The Price of Realism -- Washington Post editorial
Graveyard Myths -- New York Times editorial
The Remembered War -- New York Times editorial
Saving Afghanistan -- Robert Kaplan, The Atlantic
Mr. Obama's Surge -- Wall Street Journal editorial
Obama's Perilous Mission -- The Economist editorial
Obama vs. Al Qaeda -- Boston Globe editorial
Afpak: Security vs. Stablility -- Vikrum Aiyer, Huffington Post
Defusing Afghanistan -- Washington Post opinion
Obama's Afghan Spagetti Western -- Pepe Escobar, Asia Times
Why Pakistan is a Stumbling Block -- The Times opinion
The Right Strategy? -- Washington Post opinion
'Lower Your Sights' is the Wrong Vision -- Los Angeles Times opinion
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