Perspective
Jul. 9, 2010
Losing in Afghanistan
Has President Barack Obama lost his way when it comes to the war in Afghanistan? Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law discusses the President's persistence to continue this failed war.
Last week, the House of Representatives voted 215-210 for $33 billion to fund President Barack Obama's troop increase in Afghanistan. But there was considerable opposition to giving the President a blank check. One hundred sixty-two House members supported an amendment that would have tied the funding to a withdrawal timetable. One hundred members voted for another amendment that would have rejected the $33 billion for the 30,000 new ...
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