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Article: In Afghanistan, time is running out, Pentagon worries.(United States Defense Department)(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
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- June 2, 2009
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Byline: Gordon Lubold Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
Washington -- Top defense officials say they have about a year to show the American public that they are winning in Afghanistan. But as the US prepares to apply its new strategy there, those same officials are trying to square the need to demonstrate quick success with a fundamental aspect of counterinsurgency warfare: Results don't come quickly.
The man President Obama has nominated to lead the American mission in Afghanistan agrees. It will take at least 18 to 24 months before the US can begin making progress: establishing security, developing an economic base, and creating stronger ...