News Analysis: Obama Faces New Doubts on Pursuing Afghan War

WASHINGTON — When President Obama announced a new strategy for Afghanistan in December, he argued that by setting a deadline of next summer to begin drawing down troops he would create a sense of urgency for the Afghan government to take the lead in the fight, while acknowledging the limits of America’s patience with the longest war in its history. -- Obama Faces New Doubts on Pursuing Afghan War

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