Obama faces competing demands on Afghanistan strategy

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As President Obama struggles over a new military strategy for Afghanistan, his advisors are trying to satisfy sharply divergent demands: assuring Americans that any military buildup will be limited while convincing Pakistan and other wary allies that the U.S. presence is substantial and not about to end.

The difficulty in determining a strategy that can mollify these conflicting constituencies helps to explain why the administration’s months-long search for a new approach to Afghanistan remains unresolved.

Read the full report from Greg Miller and Paul Richter of the Washington bureau here.