room. he consulted with national security experts, his military and top aides. he came out with his policy that included a surge of 30,000 troops, bringing the total number of u.s. combat forces in afghanistan to 100,000, but at the same time he said there are three objectives, no safe haven for al qaeda, turn back the taliban's momentum, recent military momentum they had been building over the time previous to that and stabilize afghanistan. i think we can expect the president to say those objectives, if not met, the united states has gone a long way along with international coaliti...