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March 23, 2009

Obama: Exit Strategy Needed for Afghanistan
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On Sunday, President Barack Obama appeared on 60 Minutes and discussed
the situation in Afghanistan.

President Obama: “But we can’t lose sight of what our central mission
is: the same mission that we had when we went in after 9/11. And that
is, these folks can project violence against United States citizens, and
that is something that we cannot tolerate. But what we can’t do is think
that just a military approach in Afghanistan is going to be able to
solve our problems. So what we’re looking for is a comprehensive
strategy. And there’s got to be an exit strategy. There’s got to be a
sense that this is not perpetual drift.”

Last month, President Obama ordered 17,000 more US troops to fight in
Afghanistan. Meanwhile, US Special Forces are being accused of killing
five Afghan civilians inside the home of a local mayor. The US disputes
the report and says the dead were all militants.



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