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Obama, Karzai meet at White House

Afghan President Hamid Karzai (2 L) walks across the tarmac with US and NATO forces in Afghanistan Commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal (R) upon arrival at Bagram Airfield on May 8, 2010. Karzai said the United States and its allies still have a long way to go before their security operations are successful in his country. "We have traveled far together, but the international effort in Afghanistan still has miles to go," Karzai wrote in an op-ed piece in The Washington Post. "We are not yet delivering security to large portions of the country." UPI/Massoud Hossaini/POOL
Afghan President Hamid Karzai (2 L) walks across the tarmac with US and NATO forces in Afghanistan Commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal (R) upon arrival at Bagram Airfield on May 8, 2010. Karzai said the United States and its allies still have a long way to go before their security operations are successful in his country. "We have traveled far together, but the international effort in Afghanistan still has miles to go," Karzai wrote in an op-ed piece in The Washington Post. "We are not yet delivering security to large portions of the country." UPI/Massoud Hossaini/POOL | License Photo

WASHINGTON, May 12 (UPI) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai will meet with U.S. President Obama in the Oval Office Wednesday, the White House said.

After conducting a bilateral meeting, Obama and Karzai will have lunch with U.S. and Afghan national security teams, the daily agenda indicated.

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Obama also is scheduled to meet with his senior advisers.

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