AP sources: Obama administration developing broader benchmarks for success in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON —The Obama administration is preparing a set of about 50 benchmarks for Afghanistan, senior officials said Monday, redefining how to measure success in a war now widely assessed as a stalemate.

AP source: Vanguard of Obama’s 21,000 Afghan surge have arrived in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON — Pentagon officials say the vanguard of President Barack Obama’s troop surge in Afghanistan arrived this week.

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