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Article: Obama to lawmakers: Many won't like my Afghanistan decision.(national)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- October 8, 2009
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Byline: Gordon Lubold Staff writer
A meeting at the White House Tuesday gave President Obama and Congressional Democrats and Republicans the opportunity to draw their respective lines in the sand on the way ahead for US efforts in Afghanistan.
Republican leaders emerged from the meeting saying they would be happy to work with the president - as long as he supports senior military officers who are urging a surge of up to 40,000 US troops in Afghanistan. And if Mr. Obama doesn't go that route? Then, said House Minority Whip Rep. Eric Cantor (R), they'd want to be convinced of Plan B.
"What we'll all be listening for is a compelling case for how ...