Lawmakers split on timing of Afghan decision
Top lawmakers sparred Sunday over the timing of President Obama's decision on how to move ahead in Afghanistan, with Republicans urging a quick move to boost troop levels and Democrats counseling patience. In partisan displays, senators generally agreed on the need to support whatever Afghan government emerges from a Nov. 7 runoff election between President Hamid Karzai and challenger Abdullah Abdullah, but they differed on exactly how to do that and when. Republicans said Mr. Obama must sign off soon on a recommendation from the top commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, to increase the number of American troops there...
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