Feingold to Obama: Announce Withdrawal Timetable from Afghanistan

blogs.abcnews.com by David Chalian | Aug. 25, 2009 (News Report)

"After eight years, I am not convinced that pouring more and more troops into Afghanistan is a well thought out policy," said Feingold. The liberal Democrat said he has expressed his reservations with President Obama, Admiral Mullen, and others inside the administration and he says he has "never been convinced they have a good answer."

"I think it is time we start discussing a flexible timetable so that people around the world can see when we are ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S.
Topics: Poverty, Pakistan, Afghanistan
Member Tags: occupation, military occupation, quagmire
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Aug 24, 2009 - 8:30 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Dwight Rousu (review), Patrick McGuire (review), Tanya J. Maurer (review)
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Aug 26, 2009 - 2:59 AM PDT
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 by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 26, 2009

Feingold's positions and statements are well reported.

If Feingold ran for president, I would vote for him over Obama.

Sen. Feingold pointed to Af-Pak Ambassador Richard Holbrooke’s recent comments when asked about what success will look like in Afghanistan. “We’ll know it ... More »

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 by Patrick McGuire - Aug. 27, 2009

It is quality journalism because there were many quotes that are easily checked.

I have to say that I agree with Feingold if gfor no other reason than the country is not uniform with its different languages, terrain, and ... More »

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