Obama's Troop Surge Announcement Will Be Good First Step

U.S. Army Reserve Major Rose Lopez-Keravuori, a veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, calls President Obama’s likely decision to send up to 35,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan, “a step in the right direction." (0:31)
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Expert Says U.S. Can Show Control By Leaving Afghanistan Intact And Soon

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Scholar Gilles Dorronsoro says Monday that the United States needs to show Pakistan that the U.S. has control in Afghanistan. He suggested the U.S. exercise that control by leaving Afghanistan self-sufficient, and within the next few years. (0:33)
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