Partisan divide widens as Obama considers Afghanistan policy - washingtonpost

In an interview with CNN, he talked about seeking an "endgame" with his new Afghanistan policy. Speaking to CBS News, he said: "There are a range of things that we know we have to do. And at this point, it's a matter of fine-tuning a strategy that we can be confident will be successful and also won't be open-ended." - Obama's Afghanistan dilemma
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As Afghans Resist Taliban, U.S. Spurs Rise of Militias - nytimes