RSSPressure builds for Obama on Afghan plan
From: The Washington Times | November 3, 2009
With Afghan President Hamid Karzai now in place for a second term, Democrats and Republicans said the clock is ticking faster for President Obama to decide whether to surge the number of U.S. troops there. A runoff election between Mr. Karzai and a challenger was canceled over the weekend and Mr. Obama called the newly victorious president Monday to tell him to stop years of “drift” in the Afghan government and “write a new chapter” for his beleaguered people. The White House said a decision on whether to send more troops to the troubled country is still not imminent, but …
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