Obama Vows to Fight Al Qaeda ‘Cancer’ - nytimes

WASHINGTON — President Obama announced Tuesday night that he will begin to draw American forces out of Afghanistan in July 2011, even after sending some 30,000 more United States troops there by mid-2010 because “it is in our vital national interest” to reverse the momentum of Taliban insurgents. - Obama Vows to Fight Al Qaeda ‘Cancer’
Text: Obama’s Address on the War in Afghanistan (December 2, 2009)

But Warns of No ‘Blank Check’ for Afghan Government
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