Author: Michael O'Hanlon, Senior Fellow for Foreign Policy Studies, Brookings Institution
September/October 2010
Foreign Affairs
Americans have growing doubts about the U.S. mission in Afghanistan that U.S. President Barack Obama seems to share. But the United States should and will maintain a major presence in Afghanistan for years to come.
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