WJZ CBS Evening News With Katie Couric October 6, 2009
defeat al qaeda. >> reporter: but top advisors are divided on how to do it. general stanley mcchrystal says he needs up to 40,000 more troops to defeat the taliban and stabilize the country. vice president joe biden and otherçs want a narrower mission, focused on hitting al qaeda in their mountain hideouts using special forces and pilotless drones. about 30 leading members of congress conferred with the president today. some democrats worry about a#i3& vietnam-like quagmire. >> the troops deserve a strategy that is every bit as good as the sacrifice they are being asked to make. >> ...
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