WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — President Barack Obama says the war in Afghanistan is not lost as he announces he will send another 30,000 U.S. troops to fight it.
Obama on Tuesday said the first new U.S. forces will join the fight by Christmas. Obama also said the first U.S. forces will begin coming home in July 2011.
Speaking to the nation from the U.S. Military Academy, Obama acknowledged Afghanistan has moved backward and huge challenges remain. Obama said the Taliban has gained momentum and al-Qaida has safe-havens along the border with Pakistan.
Obama has spent three months in an intensive review of the U.S. strategy for an eight-year war that followed the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
