#Leon Panetta to Oversee War in Afghanistan as Defense Secretary

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President Obama Likely to Announce 30,000 Surge Troop Withdrawal
June 22, 2011 4 min. read

President Barack Obama is due to announce his plan to start pulling U.S troops out of Afghanistan during a televised speech to his American and international audience, his sixth since assuming office in January 2009. This rather militarily dicey and politically expedient move is being made right in the midst of wholesale national security changes in […]

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President Obama's New Pentagon, Afghanistan Team Signals New Direction
April 28, 2011 4 min. read

President Obama’s expected and whispered about Pentagon reshuffle heralds the likelihood of a rather more rapid draw down in Afghanistan than has been entertained so far.  The reshuffle also suggests that in one swift move, President Obama is looking to get the CIA and the Pentagon entire to cooperate on, and finish up well, what […]

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