Foreign policy and national security went “on hold” last week as the administration saw few “front burner” issues make much progress.
In Afghanistan, the president continues to postpone making a decision on the way forward. According to the Washington Post, Obama has now asked senior officials for a province-by-province analysis of Afghanistan “to help determine which regions are being managed effectively by local leaders and which require international help.” He supposedly “wants the clearest possible understanding of what the challenges are to our forces and what is required to meet the challenge.” Seems like this is information he should have asked for months ago.