Statement of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold on Reports of President Obama's Decision to Send 17,000 More Troops to Afghanistan
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Issues: Foreign Affairs
Statement of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold on Reports of President Obama's Decision to Send 17,000 More Troops to Afghanistan
"After years of a failed foreign policy which distracted us from our top national security priority of defeating al Qaeda and its affiliates, I am encouraged by President Obama's focus on Afghanistan where the 9/11 attacks originated. But we need to make sure we have a strategy in place for Afghanistan that will actually work before we commit thousands more U.S. troops. A military escalation without a strategy to address the complex problems facing Afghanistan and the region could alienate the Afghan people and make it much more difficult to achieve our top national security goal of defeating al Qaeda."
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