President Obama's Afghanistan Speech (VIDEO)
by Elizabeth Chan, posted Dec 2nd 2009 11:23AM
President Obama has had a challenging inaugural year as President and Commander in Chief. In last night's Presidential address, he informed the nation that he would be spending $30 billion to send an additional 30,000 troops to fight in Afghanistan. In that same speech he also promised the nation he would bring all the troops home in 18 months' time.Watch the video of the President's speech below.
President Obama has had a challenging inaugural year as President and Commander in Chief. In last night's Presidential address, he informed the nation that he would be spending $30 billion to send an additional 30,000 troops to fight in Afghanistan. In that same speech he also promised the nation he would bring all the troops home in 18 months' time.Watch a clip from the speech below.
