[Tolo News] The United States President Barack B.O.Obama has told the US congress in a letter that the US war strategy will not change for now, a White House statement said on Monday
President B.O. said in a letter dated September 30, that he is planning to "implement the policy as described in December" and that further changes are not required in the US war strategy in Afghanistan.
He cited the appointment of Gen. David Petraeus as the top US and NATO commander in Afghanistan as the only major recent change in the US war strategy in Afghanistan.
According to a statement released by the White House on Monday, Obama spoke with the Afghanistan's Caped President Hamid
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The two leaders agreed that they should continue regular engagement to support president Karzai's goal to take Afghan security responsibility by 2014, the While House said.
The remarks come at a time when president Obama has already announced to start pulling US troops out of Afghanistan from July, 2011 on, depending on the conditions on the ground, although he ordered an additional 30,000 US troops to Afghanistan a few months ago that are already deployed in the country.
Obama's letter comes after publication of a book by an American journalist Bob Woodward that showcased difference in opinion among Obama's national security team about his war strategy in Afghanistan.