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WASHINGTON — Hours after winning the Nobel Peace Prize, President Barack Obama assembled his war council at the White House to discuss the 8-year-old Afghanistan conflict that military commanders are pressing him to escalate.
The session marked the first time Obama has questioned his inner circle specifically about troop levels needed to right a war that has languished in progress and popularity. A decision, though, was not in the offing.
“I still think we’re probably several weeks away,” White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters.
