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Obama faces tough call on US future in Afghanistan

By Richard Halloran

The next day, Bob Herbert, a liberal, wrote: “Americans are tired of the war.”

“After the long, sad experience in Iraq, and the worst economic shock since the Depression, they are not up for extended combat and endless nation-building in Afghanistan,” he said.

He urged the president to “start bringing the weary troops home.”

Richard Halloran is a freelance writer based in Hawaii.

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