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Obama to Lay Out Emissions Goals in Copenhagen

President Obama will travel to Copenhagen and address a UN Climate Change summit in December.

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November 25, 2009 in Afghanistan, congress, Obama, Barack | Permalink | User Comments (167)

The "Good" War

Watch three video reports from "World News with Charles Gibson"on the politics of President Obama's forthcoming decision on Afghanistan strategy.

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November 25, 2009 in Afghanistan, Current Affairs, Obama, Barack | Permalink | User Comments (40)

President Obama on Afghanistan Strategy: “It Is My Intention to Finish the Job”

President Obama Tuesday said that he would be “shortly” telling the American people how he intends to proceed in Afghanistan and Pakistan, arguing that during the Bush administration the US did not have “either the resources or the strategy to get the job done” but it is his “intention to finish the job.”

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November 24, 2009 in Afghanistan, Obama, Barack | Permalink | User Comments (79)

Obama’s Afghanistan Strategy To Include “Benchmarks” and “Off-Ramps,” Announcement Next Week

After a final two-hour meeting of his war council last night that an official described as "intense...everyone got to say their final peace," President Obama is expected to address the nation in prime time a week from today, Tuesday, December 1, to announce his new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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November 24, 2009 in Afghanistan, Clinton, Hillary, Current Affairs, Joe Biden, Obama, Barack, White House | Permalink | User Comments (176)

Gitmo Detainees Intend to Plead Not Guilty in U.S. Court

The five detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay who will soon be brought to the U.S. for trial -- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid bin Attash, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali , Ramzi bin al-Shibh, and Mustafa al-Hawsawi – intend to plead not guilty, an attorney for one of the defendants confirmed to ABC News’s Jason Ryan over the weekend.

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November 23, 2009 in Afghanistan, Current Affairs, guantanamo bay, Iraq, Obama, Barack | Permalink | User Comments (73)

President Obama Calls 9th War Council Meeting for Tonight

As he winds down his decision-making process to settle on a new way forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan, President Obama called for a 9th meeting this evening at 8 pm of his war council in the White House situation room.

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November 23, 2009 in Afghanistan, Clinton, Hillary, Obama, Barack, White House | Permalink | User Comments (26)

Afghanistan On His Mind, President Obama Begins Tour of Pacific Rim

TOKYO -- The president is in Japan, but it's Afghanistan that's on his mind.

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November 13, 2009 in Afghanistan, Current Affairs, Obama, Barack, Travel, White House | Permalink | User Comments (66)

Seeking Benchmarks and "Off-ramps," President Obama Sends Pentagon Officials Back to their Desks

The president sent war council officials back to their desks to answer specific questions to which he has yet to hear the answers, senior administration officials tell ABC News.

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November 12, 2009 in Afghanistan, Obama, Barack | Permalink | User Comments (63)

On Afghanistan, President Obama Presses Pentagon for More Information Before Making Decision

Some White House officials thought that President Obama's 8th "war council" meeting Wednesday to decide on a strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan might be the last.

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November 12, 2009 in Afghanistan, Obama, Barack | Permalink | User Comments (242)

Gen. Powell to President Obama on Af-Pak Strategy: "Take Your Time"

In an interview with Roland Martin on the Tom Joyner Morning Show this morning, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Colin Powell revealed that he recently advised President Obama to take his time in devising his strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan

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November 11, 2009 in Afghanistan, Obama, Barack | Permalink | User Comments (239)