Gibbs: Afghanistan Buildup Will Be Accelerated, Will Have Exit Strategy With President Obama set to officially announce his Afghanistan policy today, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told MSNBC that Obama will lay out an exit strategy because “we can’t be there forever.” Gibbs also said the surge will be accelerated: “They’re going to get in sooner, quite frankly, than the original assessment asked them to get in.”
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