Word: afghanistanism
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...video of an Afghanistan woman facing death threats for speaking...
...original version of this story incorrectly stated that the Administration's new plan for Afghanistan would likely include sending only one brigade to train and advise the Afghan security forces...
...White House meeting Oct. 6, Senator John McCain of Arizona urged President Barack Obama to make a decision about additional troops in Afghanistan quickly and not make it a "leisurely process." Senator Carl Levin of Michigan noted that it had taken Obama's predecessor George W. Bush three months to order a surge in Iraq. Then Obama spoke. "John, I can assure you this won't be leisurely, as nobody feels more urgency to get this right than...
...addition to pressuring Obama on Afghanistan, McCain has criticized the President for what he calls Obama's hypocritical hiring of lobbyists. He blasted the White House's decision to kill a missile-defense project in Eastern Europe planned by Bush. McCain has declined to join bipartisan talks on climate change, though he has written similar legislation in the past. And on health-care reform, an issue that he criticized Obama for being fuzzy about during the campaign, McCain has said, "Americans have made it abundantly clear that they do not want government taking over their health-care decisions...
...that he didn't use e-mail is now Twittering and toting a BlackBerry. (One recent tweet: "Great meeting & tour of the Capitol with [actress] January Jones, who is an advocate for sharks. I am a huge fan of Mad Men!") McCain's Oct. 6 exchange with Obama on Afghanistan was the clearest sign yet that the irascible "Mac" may truly be back. "The old captain," says McKinnon, "still has a lot of fight left...