Kerry is wary about sending more troops [View All]

"Kerry is among a group of people Obama is consulting as he makes perhaps the most important foreign policy choice of his presidency, whether to commit more troops to an eight-year-long war where victory appears increasingly elusive.

He said he just got off the phone to Obama. "I said, 'I'm leaving to Afghanistan tomorrow night and he said, 'I'm really looking forward to your download when you get back.'"


Obama said on Tuesday he hoped to complete a review of his Afghan strategy in the coming weeks. Kerry said if he disagreed with the president's final decision, he would not hesitate to say so publicly.

"This is war, this is life and death, it is not a party issue, this is an American issue."