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Examining Obama's Afghan Options

Sep. 22, 2009
Gen. Stanley McChrystal's bleak assessment of the Afghan war has reopened debate in the Obama administration on the way forward. President Obama has indicated he's rethinking the counterinsurgency approach he put in play back in March. So what are his options at this point?
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch