Obama asks for up to 10,000 European troops

AP

 Obama is hoping that these European leaders will help out

President Barack Obama is asking European members of NATO to contribute up to 10,000 additional troops to the international force in Afghanistan,officials with the military alliance said Tuesday.

A diplomat from a European nation said the troop [...]

Obama plans to send 34,000 more troops to Afghanistan

McClatchy

 Obama should officially announce his decision soon

President Barack Obama met Monday evening with his national security team to finalize a plan to dispatch some 34,000 additional U.S. troops over the next year to what he’s called "a war of necessity"in Afghanistan,U.S. officials told McClatchy.

Obama [...]

Obama to Troops you make a great Photo-Op

By Anne E. Kornblut,Washington Post

Obama arrived on the base 3:19 p.m. local time (1 a.m. Eastern Standard Time),and received a rousing welcome from 1,500 troops in camouflage uniforms,many holding cameras or pointing cell phones to snap pictures.

“You guys make a pretty good photo op,”[...]

While Obama Mulls Troop Decision,Taliban Attacks Grow Bolder

By Rahim Faiez and Amir Shah,CNS News

The Taliban is getting more aggressive

Taliban militants wearing suicide vests stormed a guest house used by U.N. staff in the heart of the Afghan capital early Wednesday,killing 12 people —including six U.N. staff —in the biggest in a [...]

Obama Delays on Afghanistan Troop Decision

Newsmax

Rahm is pushing Obama against sending troops to Afghanistan

President Barack Obama is hinting that he may wait until after Afghanistan’s elections Nov. 7 to decide on sending more troops into the combat zone – a decision that is drawing heavy criticism from GOP leaders who say the "foot-dragging"[...]

Troops decision can’t wait says Sec. Gates

By Phil Stewart,Reuters

Gates wants Obama to make up his mind

The United States cannot wait for problems surrounding the legitimacy of the Afghan government to be resolved before making a decision on troops,U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said.

Gates,speaking to reporters on board [...]

Obama Delays Afghanistan Troop Decision as Criticism Deepens

By Viola Gienger and Indira A.R. Lakshmanan,Bloomberg

 

Obama can’t make up his mind on Afghanistan

President Barack Obama said he’ll hold off deciding whether to add more U.S. troops to the war in Afghanistan,as Democratic lawmakers raised concerns that he lacks a clear plan and measures of progress. [...]