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Article: Adviser downplays Taliban threat
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- October 5, 2009
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WASHINGTON -- A top U.S. commander's public plea for more troops
in Afghanistan prompted a mild rebuke Sunday from the White House
national security adviser, as the administration heads into a second
week of intensive negotiations over its evolving Afghan strategy.
Retired Gen. James Jones said that decisions on how best to
stabilize Afghanistan and beat back the insurgency must extend
beyond troop levels to development and governance. And the request
by Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in
Afghanistan, for up to 40,000 more troops is just one of three key
elements advisers must consider as they meet this week to plot the
way ahead.
He added that it is "better for military ...