Obama's Weekly Address: Ending the War in Afghanistan and Rebuilding America

President Obama hosted Afghan President Hamid Karzai this week at the White House for talks on the partnership between our two nations and the role of U.S. troops in that country. In this week's address, President Obama discusses how we will end the war in Afghanistan and how our goal of ensuring that al Qaeda never again uses Afghanistan to launch attacks against America is within reach. [Transcript / Video]



I hope that President Obama is able to get us completely out of the war in Afghanistan sooner than the end of 2014. Don't you?

7th Anniversary of Iraq War: Thousands Dead, $747.3 Billion Spent And Not Any Safer

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It is worth remembering that today is the 7th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of the Iraq War. The invasion and occupation of Iraq has been a massive waste of human life and treasure.




The folks at BraveNew Foundation want to ensure that President Obama doesn't make the same mistakes in Afghanistan that Bush made in Iraq. I don't support their policy preference of leaving the Afghanistan War immediately. I prefer to put my confidence in our Commander-in-Chief on the timing for ending our war with Afghanistan.

What are your thoughts on this 7th anniversary of the Iraq War?

American Casualties of War

It appears that the war in Iraq continues to move towards its end. We only had nine American troops killed in Iraq during March, the lowest monthly total since the war began.

America lost 43 soldiers so far this year in 'Operation Enduring Freedom', the war in Afghanistan.

The prayers of our entire village go out to the men and women serving in the military.