[Peace-discuss] Congress Should Require an Exit Strategy from Afghanistan

[Robert Naiman]

In March, President Obama told CBS' "60 Minutes" that the United
States must have an "exit strategy" in Afghanistan.

Ninety Members of Congress agree. They're supporting H.R. 2404, a bill
introduced by Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA) whose text is one
sentence long: "Not later than December 31, 2009, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to Congress a report outlining the United States
exit strategy for United States military forces in Afghanistan
participating in Operation Enduring Freedom."

This week, Rep. McGovern is expected to try to attach this language to
the 2010 military authorization bill.
...
The Members of Congress are going a bit further than President Obama.
They're saying not only that the U.S. should have an exit strategy,
but that Congress and the American people should be told what it is.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/congress-should-require-a_b_217864.html

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/6/22/104131/102


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Just Foreign Policy
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