Congressman Mike Coffman (R-CO), a Marine Corps combat veteran and member of the United States House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement today regarding President Obama's announcement on Afghanistan:
"I think the President's plan for shifting operational control to Afghan Security Forces by 2014 is a reasonable goal but publicly announcing a fixed schedule for withdrawing our forces, regardless of conditions on the ground, will only embolden the Taliban to wait us out," said Coffman. "The strategy of deploying a smaller force will probably mean a shift from a counterinsurgency strategy to a counterterrorism one which should still enable our forces to accomplish our security objectives in Afghanistan."
Source: http://coffman.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=471&Itemid=10
