Hillary Clinton says Afghanistan got 'short shrift'-Needed more troops, attention from start of war

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Clinton says the war in Afghanistan has gotten short shrift from the start, hinting in an interview Friday she may press for more troops as President Obama reassesses Afghan strategy.

"Afghanistan has been under-sourced from the beginning," she told CNN. "The attention was shifted to Iraq. We've never had the kind of military or civilian commitment that our mission had, you know, been needing."

Clinton also took a veiled shot at Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who is viewed by many in the Obama administration as a corrupt and ineffective partner.

"I think, unfortunately, over the last eight years there wasn't the kind of expectations that should have been set for what the U.S. and the international community expected to be delivered," Clinton said, "but we're going to change that and we are in the process of working through the best ways to do that."

Obama has conducted five strategy sessions with his national security team and has scheduled a sixth for next week. Aides say he will decide on a revamped Afghan policy by the end of the month or early November.
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