December 1: President Obama makes the case for his administration’s new strategy for the war in Afghanistan. Click here for the full text of the speech.
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President Obama speaks before a crowd of over 4,000 cadets and soldiers in West Point’s Eisenhower Hall.
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates were among several members of the president’s national security team in attendance at West Point.
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West Point officer cadets listen as President Obama announces his new Afghanistan policy. The president declared that Afghanistan was not another Vietnam.
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President Obama greets cadets after outlining his decision to increase U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan by about 30,000.
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President Obama flanked by cadets in West Point’s Eisenhower Hall .
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