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Give McChrystal the troops he wants, Hatch says
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 10/25/2009
Give McChrystal the troops he wants, Hatch says
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WASHINGTON (CNN) – Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-UT, said Sunday that, regardless of the political situation on the ground in Afghanistan, President Obama should give U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal the 40,000 additional American troops that McChrystal has reportedly requested. In an interview that aired earlier on CNN's State of the Union, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, the leading challenger to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, called into question the ability of the Afghan government to partner with the ...
Kerry Backs Counterinsurgency Strategy in Afghanistan « The Washington Independent
washingtonindependent.com - 10/27/2009
Kerry Backs Counterinsurgency Strategy in Afghanistan « The Washington Independent
— washingtonindependent.com — Fresh from a trip last week to Afghanistan, where he scored a diplomatic coup by securing Afghan... President Hamid Karzai’s acquiescence to a runoff election , Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) urged President Obama to endorse a counterinsurgency campaign ... (more) Kerry Backs Counterinsurgency Strategy in Afghanistan ...

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Podesta: Bush Administration Spent Only One Hour On Afghanistan Report It Handed Off To Obama
thinkprogress.org - 10/25/2009
Podesta: Bush Administration Spent Only One Hour On Afghanistan Report It Handed Off To Obama
— thinkprogress.org — For weeks, former Bush administration officials have been attacking President Obama for “dithering” on whether to send... more troops to Afghanistan, with Vice President Cheney saying that “ signals of indecision out of Washington hurt ... (more) Podesta: Bush Administration Spent Only One Hour On ...

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theage.com.au - 10/24/2009
Paul McGeough War in Afghanistan McChrystal
— theage.com.au — This is the full text of an address given last Thursday by Paul McGeough, the chief correspondent... for The Sydney Morning Herald, at a conference on the Afghanistan crisis which was organised by the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Australian ... (more) Paul McGeough War in Afghanistan McChrystal

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TPM Election Central — ... Appearing on State of the Union, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) called upon President Obama to agree to Gen. Stanley McChrystal's troop request. "We have to worry about corruption but we also have to work with whoever is put in there," said Hatch. "And whoever is put in there, you're going to find some corruption," he added. "The fact of the matter is I think we ought to rely on the hand-picked general, by President Obama, Gen. McChrystal, who said that we've got to have more troops." ...

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Abdullah Abdullah
mudvillegazette.com 10/25/2009 — On CNN (video below). Would have made for interesting television to hear him answer questions on his fraudulent votes in the Afghan elections, but that's not the message the Obama administration wants Americans receiving just now. We'll have to settle for Abdullah explaining his opponent's ...