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Obama intends to 'finish job' in Afghanistan | US President Barack Obama has said that he intends
to "finish the job" in Afghanistan, and that his new strategy would break from the policies he had inherited from the Bush administration. Addressing a joint
press conference with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Obama said his administrations
would aim to keep Al Qaeda from using Afghanistan to launch more attacks against
the United States and to bring stability to the region. "After eight years, some
of those years in which we did not have, I think, either the resources or the
strategy to get the job done, it is my intention to finish the job," The New York
Times quoted Obama, as saying. Obama said he would outline his Afghanistan strategy
after Thanksgiving, adding, "I feel very confident that when the American people
hear a clear rationale for what we're doing there and how we intend to achieve
our goals, that they will be supportive." Meanwhile, White House aides signalled
that Obama would send as many as 25,000 to 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan.
According to his aides, Obama completed his consultations with his war council
on Monday night and would formally announce his decision next week. His consultation
with senior advisers covered a wide variety of issues, including benchmarks to
measure progress by Pakistan and Afghanistan, as well as the specific number of
additional American troops to send. One administration official involved in Afghanistan
policy said the president and his top advisers were thinking in terms of "exit
strategies" and not necessarily "exit timetables." Obama will also be making a
broader appeal for Afghanistan's neighbors and regional actors to play a role,
the officials said. "We have to do it as part of a broader international community.
So one of the things I'm going to be discussing is the obligations of our international
partners in this process," he said at the news conference. |
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