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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-10-11 06:49 PM
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Bin Laden’s killing requires new look at Afghanistan strategy, Kerry says
Bin Laden’s killing requires new look at Afghanistan strategy, Kerry says

By Karen DeYoung and Scott Wilson


Calling current expenditures of $10 billion a month on the Afghanistan war “fundamentally unsustainable,” Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) said Tuesday that the Obama administration urgently needs to better define both its mission and exit plan.

Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined a wide range of lawmakers in saying that the killing of Osama bin Laden was reason to rethink the administration’s war strategy.

“It provides a potentially game-changing opportunity to build momentum for a political solution,” he said at a committee hearing. “We ought to be working towards achieving the smallest footprint possible in Afghanistan.”

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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-10-11 07:25 PM
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1. mission accomplished. declare victory and bring our troops home. dense and dumb democrats nt
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-10-11 08:17 PM
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vaberella Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-10-11 08:32 PM
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3. It's not that easy. There are two heads that want to run the organization.
And based on the information the CIA has gathered...they are ready to strike on 9/11/11. So...yeah, you don't let this go.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-10-11 10:19 PM
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Rosa Luxemburg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-10-11 10:26 PM
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5. Ahem, like bringing the troops back for good?
We can't afford to be there.
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