Afghanistan Troop Request Splits Advisers to Obama - nytimes

WASHINGTON — As President Obama weighs sending more troops to Afghanistan, one of the most consequential decisions of his presidency, he has discovered that the military is not monolithic in support of the plan and that some of the civilian advisers he respects most have deep reservations. - Afghanistan Troop Request Splits Advisers to Obama

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