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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will unveil his long-awaited Afghanistan strategy in a prime-time address from West Point, N.Y., on Tuesday, but the administration’s advance remarks have sparked concern that talk of an eventual U.S. withdrawal will encourage Islamist insurgents to persevere.
During the speech, “the president will want to walk through his decision-making process and give people a sense of the importance of our efforts, but reiterate for them that . . . (he) does not see this as an open-ended engagement,” said White House spokesman Robert Gibbs.
