Obama seeking options on forces

Washington Post by Anne E. Kornblut, Greg Jaffe | Oct. 30, 2009 (News)
Meeting with Joint Chiefs

President Obama has asked the Pentagon's top generals to provide him with more options for troop levels in Afghanistan, two U.S. officials said late Friday, with one adding that some of the alternatives would allow Obama to send fewer new troops than the roughly 40,000 requested by his top commander. Full Story »

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 by Jo Bobenhouse Smith - Oct. 31, 2009

This piece provides insight into the processes of information gathering, research, analysis--the R&D of continued involvement in Afghanistan.

The meeting — the first of its kind with the chiefs of the Navy, Army, Marine Corps and Air Force, who were not part of the president’s war council meetings on Afghanistan in recent weeks — prompted Obama to request another such meeting before he announces a decision on sending additional troops, the officials said.

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