OBAMA SEEKS FOR HAPPY MEDIUM

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12:37 / 10/07/2009

Today U.S. media spread information about Obama’s yesterday meeting
with congressional leaders.

October 6, during the White House meeting the U.S. President Barack
Obama told the Congressional leaders that he would not dramatically
reduce the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan. However, he does
not intend to shift the anti-terrorist mission to search for another
terrorist. The session showed that there is enhancing pressure on
the President, Los Angeles Times reports. According to the daily,
the congressmen are concerned over the terms within which Obama
intends to decide on war strategy.

"The President reiterated that we need this debate to be honest and
dispense with the straw man argument that this is about either doubling
down or leaving Afghanistan," one senior administration official said
after the meeting ended, the daily reads.

According to Los Angeles Times, Obama seeks for happy medium,
looking "between a major increase in the U.S. troop level and a
large drawdown."