gallup.com - 3/18/2009
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PRINCETON, NJ -- A new USA Today/ Gallup poll finds growing concern about the war in Afghanistan at the same time that Americans' optimism about Iraq is growing or holding steady. Forty-two percent of Americans now say the United States made a mistake in sending troops to Afghanistan, up from ...
go.sojo.net - 3/25/2009
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go.sojo.net —
Dear President Obama, As a person of faith,
I encourage you to support diplomacy and economic development...
over military escalation as you update U.S. strategy in Afghanistan. The Afghan people need security and stability, but simply adding more U.S. ...
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Take Action: Support Economic Development, Not ...
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Iraq war up, Afghanistan war down: Poll
The Swamp —
... These are among the findings of a Gallup Poll on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan conducted with USA Today released today. ...
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... But organizers are hopeful the tide will eventually turn against Obama's go-slow approach. A Gallup poll released this month shows opposition to the war in Afghanistan at an all-time high, with 42 percent of Americans now saying the United States made a mistake sending troops to the country. If the economic crisis continues to intensify, more and more Americans could come to believe that the country no longer possesses the fiscal and military resources to sustain long-term nation-building overseas. As President Obama takes ownership of American foreign policy, some Republicans ...
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