During a joint press conference with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today, President Obama addressed his upcoming announcement on his Afghanistan troops decision.
“I will be making an announcement to the American people about how we intend to move forward,” the president said. “I will be doing so shortly.”
After eight years, some of those years in which we did not have either the resources or the strategy, to get the job done, it is my intention to finish the job.
“I feel very confident that when the American people hear a clear rationale for what we’re doing there and how we intend to achieve our goals, that they will be supportive,” Obama said.
Obama continued:
The whole world has a core security interest in making sure the type of extremism and violence…is tackled…in a serious way.
“We have to do it,” Obama said — but “as part of the broader international community.”
