Priorities Are Far Apart for Karzai and Obama

On Friday, the two leaders will finally confront those questions at the White House. For Mr. Karzai, it may prove to be a jolting illustration of how sharply Mr. Obama has scaled back his ambitions in a conflict he once called a war of necessity — going so far as to entertain an option to leave behind no American troops after 2014, when the NATO combat mission ends. - Priorities Are Far Apart for Karzai and Obama - nytimes
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