WASHINGTON -- As the military's top civilian and uniformed leaders continued Thursday to defend and explain President Obama's new Afghanistan strategy, Rep. James R. Langevin posed a question about the plan that has weighed on him since Mr. Obama announced it Tuesday night.
How is it that the rise [...]
Congressman Patrick Kennedy released a statement last night responding to President Obama's speech on Afghanistan, and urging the President to provide more specifics. Said Kennedy:
"A clearly defined exit strategy is essential for Congress to be able to support the President's Afghanistan and Pakistan strategy. While the President correctly asserted that" [...]
By JOHN MULLIGAN
Providence Journal Washington bureau
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Jack Reed was enroute Tuesday afternoon to his alma mater, the U.S. Military Academy, to be on hand as President Obama announces his new strategy in Afghanistan.
Reed, a 1971 graduate of West Point who served as an [...]
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If you'd like to share your views with a reporter, e-mail us at pjnews@projo.com, with your name and phone number. Put Afghanistan in the subject [...]
Apparently we've not given enough blood and treasure to get 'er done.
US lawmakers: New tax should pay for Afghan war
Influential US lawmakers on Thursday called for levying a new income tax to pay for the war in Afghanistan, warning its costs pose a mortal threat to efforts [...]
From the Chicago Tribune:
Sen. Jack Reed, Democrat from Rhode Island and a West Point graduate, was fresh from a meeting at the Pentagon this morning when he was asked about the decision that President Barack Obama faces about troop deployments in Afghanistan."He has to do" [...]
