Barack Obama's first foreign trip as presidenta down-to-business visit with an essential economic ally, Canadais light on time but loaded with touchy matters.
Hillary Goes 'Awesome' but Won't Sing for Cameras
ABC News' Martha Raddatz reports from Jakarta, Indonesia: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had a very fun appearance on a local youth-oriented variety show here in Jakarta, the title of which translates to "Awesome." "I heard I was going to...
Afghanistan fight worthwhile: U.S. poll
by Mark Silva
It's worth taking note of the fact, months before the Marines send another Expeditionary Force into Afghanistan and the Army deploys a new Stryker brigade, that American public opinion offers some support for an increasing U.S. military commitment Afghanistan.
Yet, as the Obama administration prepares to deploy another 12,000 combat troops and 5,000 support personnel to a theater where 30,000 Americans already are serving, it's also worth noting that Americans have a sober view of how things are going in Afghanistan: 52 percent saying moderately or very badly and 44 percent saying moderately or very well.
An overwhelming number70 percent -- worry that the Taliban will reclaim control of the nation that it was controlling before the U.S.-led invasion in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack if U.S. forces are withdrawn, according to the findings of a recent Gallup Poll.
While nearly one third of those surveyed favor setting a timetable of two years or less for the continuing U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, 48 percent say the U.S. should keep troops there until the situation improves. And if history is any indication around Kabul, that could be a long time.
"Americans, for the most part support the underlying rationale for the U.S. presence in Afghanistan,'' Gallup reports. "Only 30 percent say it was a mistake to send troops to Afghanistan, compared with 66 percent who disagree.''
By comparison, since October 2006, a majority of Americans have consistently said the United States made a mistake in sending troops to Iraq.
The measure of opinion about Afghanistan was taken Jan. 30-Feb. 1, in a survey of 1,027 adults with a possible 3 percentage point margin of error.
Obama Discusses Trade, Climate Change In Canada
The president makes his first foreign trip, with Afghanistan also on the agenda as he meets with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
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