It's been about two months now since Gen. Stanley McChrystal submitted his Afghan war report to the Pentagon and White House, reportedly asking for something like 40,000 more U.S. troops. Monday Obama and his advisers had yet another meeting.
And the diligent Jake Tapper reports on his Political Punch blog that the current target is to announce his decision between the Nov. 7 Afghan runoff presidential vote and Obama's Nov. 11 departure on a long Asian trip.
Oh, look! Those dates also come after the U.S. elections, especially the crucial governors' races in Virginia and New Jersey so widely seen as 10-month referenda on Obama.
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