WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama told congressional leaders Tuesday he remains undecided on a U.S. troop increase in Afghanistan, people who were at the meeting said.
Obama said he does not plan to cut U.S. forces or change the mission to focus entirely on al-Qaida, The New York Times reported. Officials quoted him as saying he wanted to "dispense with the straw man argument that this is about either doubling down or leaving Afghanistan."