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Afghanistan policy called adrift

Republican fears U.S. will twist analysis to justify strategy

Posted: October 15, 2009 at 5:44 a.m.

U.S. policy on Afghanistan is “in a state of drift and lacking direction” as President Barack Obama conducts his review of strategy for the war, the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee said Wednesday.

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