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France upends NATO's exit strategy in Afghanistan

Jorge Benitez | January 31, 2012
French President Nicolas Sarkozy at EU headquarters, January 30, 2012

From Dan de Luce, AFP:  France's decision to withdraw combat troops from Afghanistan a year earlier than planned deals a blow to the US-led war effort and threatens to trigger a "rush to the exits" by other NATO members, experts said Monday.

Unify NATO's Libya Operation

Jorge Benitez | March 25, 2011
NATO Fogh Rasmussen Libya

From Damon Wilson, the New Atlanticist:  Fighting effectively requires fighting coherently under a unified chain of command.  In Libya, this means NATO exercising effective command and control of the coalition operations.

Obama Announces Afghan Surge and Exit Strategy

James Joyner | December 02, 2009
Obama Afghanistan Exit

After months of careful consideration, President Obama announced his newest Afghanistan policy last night.  He will send an additional 30,000 troops in rapid fashion — giving General McChrystal most of what he asked for — but also announced an exit timetable that makes a successful counterinsurgency impossible.

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