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Afghanistan: The Evolution of a Strategy

Dec 2, 2009 | 20:56 GMT

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Summary

In many ways, U.S. President Barack Obama's new strategy for Afghanistan, unveiled in his Dec. 1 speech at West Point, seems consistent with Gen. Stanley McChrystal's vision for the campaign. But the endgame has now been articulated, along with the strategy by which U.S. and NATO forces will attempt to achieve that objective — and, according to the plan, disengage from Afghanistan.

With U.S. President Barack Obama's speech at West Point, the U.S. military now has its marching orders in Afghanistan....

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