Obama Pleased With Afghan War
Thursday Report Won't Include Any Policy Changes
by Jason Ditz, December 14, 2010
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Reiterating comments from yesterday, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs insisted that no policy changes will be announced on Thursday and that the public version of the Afghan War report wont include any surprises.
Gibbs termed President Obama pleased with the war, and insisted that he hopes to strengthen capacity inside of Afghanistan going forward. President Obama was said to have met with advisors earlier today regarding the war.
Gibbs was quite short of evidence of the progress in the Afghan War, insisting only that it was obvious. He did reference improved cooperation with Pakistan, however, which is probably poorly timed as Admiral Mullen is in Pakistan today berating the government for not having invaded North Waziristan yet.
At no point in his comments did Gibbs mention the open letter from a collection of foreign policy experts warning that the war is going extremely poorly, and those comments are expected to be kept far from the official speech by President Obama on Thursday