Obama to reveal Afghan strategy after Thanksgiving

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Updated November 25, 2009 20:33:25

US President Barack Obama has promised to reveal his new strategy for the war in Afghanistan after the coming Thanksgiving long weekend. Mr Obama was speaking after a final meeting on the issue with his national security team. He's been urged for months by both his top military commander in Afghanistan and foreign allies to send more troops. American public opinion polls show dwindling support for the conflict, which President Obama once called a "war of necessity".

Presenter: Kim Landers, Washington Correspondent
Speakers: Professor Robert Dallek, Presidential historian; Retired Staff Sergeant Brian McGough, vice-chairman, VoteVets.org

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