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* Obama’s political challenge on Afghanistan: Scott Wilson and Karen DeYoung make the key point about Obama’s Afghan speech tonight: The hard part for Obama won’t be to sell the public on his plan to withdraw 10,000 troops this year and another 23,000 next year. Rather, the real difficulty he faces tonight is to persuade the public that continuing the war at the level he wants to is worth the cost in money and lives.
Though the hawks will insist otherwise, Obama’ real political vulnerability on Afghanistan will reside in the question of whether he’s winding the conflict
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