Stephen Hadley: Obama's Afghanistan strategy deserves bipartisan support

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December 11, 2009
By Stephen J. Hadley
Friday, December 11, 2009
Washington Post

Excerpt:

President Obama has embraced a strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan that deserves bipartisan support. Its success is crucial to the security of our nation and that of our allies.

Despite some well-grounded concerns, the president and his national security team have said there is no arbitrary withdrawal schedule or exit date. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was explicit, saying on Sunday that "we're not talking about an exit strategy or a drop-dead deadline." Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that the transition to Afghan responsibility "will be the same kind of gradual conditions-based transition, province by province, district by district, that we saw in Iraq," where the decision of when a district or province "is ready to be turned over to the Afghan security forces is a judgment that will be made by our commanders on the ground, not here in Washington."

The writer was national security adviser to President George W. Bush from 2005 to 2009 and deputy national security adviser from 2001 to 2004.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/10/AR2009121003439.html

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