Clinton's Plan for 'Forgotten' Afghanistan

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Chiron
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Clinton's Plan for 'Forgotten' Afghanistan

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Today Hillary Clinton announced her plans to address the forgotten front line in Afghanistan as she met with a group of respected retired admirals, generals, and other senior officials to discuss current foreign policy and national security challenges.

Al Qaeda and the Taliban have largely recovered from the blows inflicted after 9/11. Afghanistan and the border regions of Pakistan have now merged into one of the most dangerous regions of the world, and one of the most strategically important to the United States. Today, Hillary pledged to make Afghanistan her highest security priority after Iraq, and outlined her agenda for winning the war in Afghanistan. As President she will:

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Besides taking over the counter-narcotics program from the Brit's, how is what she is advocating different than what is going on?

As for engaging Iran... they were doing narcotic interdiction and they still are however when they catch the smugglers they confiscate the narcotics, arm the smugglers and send them back into Afghanistan.
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