Journalist's Book Says Presidential Aides Doubt Obama's Strategy: ; President, Advisers Divided On War in Afghanistan, Book Reports
Charleston Daily Mail › September 23, 2010
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WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's top advisers spent much of the past 20 months arguing about policy and turf, according to a new book, with some top members of his national security team doubting the president's strategy in Afghanistan will work.
The book, "Obama's Wars," by journalist Bob Woodward, says Obama aides were deeply divided over the war in Afghanistan even as the president agreed to triple troop levels there. Obama's top White House adviser on Afghanistan and his special envoy for the region are described as believing the strategy will not work.See the full content of this document
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Journalist's Book Says Presidential Aides Doubt Obama's Strategy: ; President, Advisers Divided On War in Afghanistan, Book Reports
According to the book, Obama said, "I have two years with the public on this" and pressed advisers for ways to avoid a big escalation in the Afghanistan war.
"I want an exit str...See the full content of this document
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