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- Eight years ago Al Qaeda terrorists - who trained and lived inside Afghanistan - launched a deadly attack on the American homeland. In October of 2001, America retaliated and defeated the Taliban.
- We must prevent Afghanistan from slipping back into the hands of the Taliban and deny Al Qaeda a safe haven to plan future attacks against America and our allies, a goal that President Obama has reiterated many times.
- It is clear from General McChrystal's assessment of the situation in Afghanistan that additional troops are needed to effectively counter the insurgency.
-We owe it to the men and women of our Armed Forces to provide them with the resources they need to succeed in their mission.
- General McChrystal should testify before Congress - and the American people - and personally deliver his assessment on how to effectively implement the counterinsurgency strategy President Obama announced in March.
- As a candidate for president, President Obama said "the central front in the war on terror is not in Iraq, and it never was - the central front is in Afghanistan and Pakistan, where the terrorists who hit us on 9/11 are still plotting attacks seven years later."
- In March, President Obama unveiled a comprehensive strategy in Afghanistan designed to beat back the insurgents, deny Al Qaeda and the Taliban safe haven in the country, and give the Afghan government time to build long-term economic and political stability.
- President Obama's latest remarks suggest that he may abandon the counterinsurgency strategy that he endorsed just six months ago.
- House Republicans support the strategy outlined by the president in March, and ask the president to overcome the objections of some in his party and give the new strategy an opportunity to work.
- It is critically important that President Obama clarify where he now stands on the Afghanistan strategy he articulated in March. There is no time to delay.
- This is part of a disturbing pattern in the president's approach to foreign policy.
- President Obama has already abandoned our friends in Eastern Europe and Central America. Now the president is signaling his willingness to leave our troops in the field without the resources they need, while abandoning the people of Afghanistan.
