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Obama meets general for talks on Afghan war
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Published: October 3, 2009
Updated: 10/03/2009 12:30 am
COPENHAGEN -- At a pivotal point in the administration's Afghanistan strategy, President Obama and his top Afghan-war commander met privately yesterday for a talk that the White House described as productive.
The 25-minute meeting with Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, aboard Air Force One as it waited to carry the president home from Denmark, gave Obama a chance to step outside the circle of advisers he has convened to study the problem of Afghanistan.
His war council has been discussing whether the U.S. should send thousands more troops to tamp down the Taliban or shift to a narrower focus on al-Qaida in neighboring Pakistan.
No decisions were made at their meeting, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters afterward.
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