Anticipating policy changes once President-elect Barack Obama takes office, military commanders are preparing a new plan (IHT) for a faster U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq.
BIN LADEN: Obama described his approach to dealing with the threat posed by Osama bin Laden in an interview with CBS News on Wednesday. The United States must “so weaken [bin Laden's] infrastructure that, whether he is technically alive or not, he is so pinned down that he cannot function,” Obama said.