President Obama met with his national security team Wednesday but did not make a decision on America's reshaped military strategy for the Afghanistan war.
The meeting -- the first of a series of sessions -- took place in the Situation Room as the White House fended off charges that the president has been stalling on Gen. Stanley McChrystal's request for more troops.
Obama will not make any decision on an Afghan strategy for at least a few weeks, the White House announced Wednesday night. Obama will reportedly meet again with his national security team to discuss Afghanistan and Pakistan on Oct. 7.
Wednesday's closed-door meeting marked the first time the president has had any interaction with McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, since the general made the request for up to 40,000 troops.
Obama spent three hours meeting with staff, according to a senior administration official who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The official says no decisions about increased troop levels were discussed; instead, the group focused on what the goals in that war-torn country should be.
The president has met with McChrystal only once since he took command of U.S. and NATO forces over the summer -- a lack of contact that has fueled critics who say Obama is being dismissive of McChrystal's needs. - FOX News Story
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