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Analysis: Will Obama's Afghanistan Strategy Work?

Dec. 2, 2009
President Obama has ordered 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. He's giving them an 18-month timeline to reverse the Taliban's momentum and get Afghan forces ready to take over. For analysis on the plan, Steve Inskeep and Renee Montagne talk to John Nagl, president of the Center for a New American...
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