Photo: #US Army soldiers at forward operating base Salerno located along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, on November 4, 2008.
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US Army soldiers at forward operating base Salerno located along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, on November 4, 2008. (DAVID FURST/AFP/Getty Images)

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Obama to announce new course on Afghanistan, Pakistan

Broadcast: Midmorning, 03/27/2009, 10:06 a.m.

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President Barack Obama announces his administration's policy on Afghanistan and Pakistan. The new strategy will include 4,000 troops to train Afghan security forces.

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  • Sumit Ganguly: Professor of political science and director of the India studies program at Indiana University.
  • Stephen Biddle: Senior fellow for defense policy at the Council on Foreign Relations

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