U.S. scrambling to come up with new Afghanistan plan?

The Obama administration's national security team is working on alternative strategies for the war in Afghanistan that may not require tens of thousands of additional U.S. troops, a senior U.S. official told CNN Wednesday.
The Obama administration is looking at whether or not to add more troops in Afghanistan.

The Obama administration is looking at whether or not to add more troops in Afghanistan.

The official, who is familiar with the highly confidential discussions, said the national security team hopes to send its proposals to President Obama within three weeks.

The alternatives wouldn't necessarily involve sending the additional troops Gen. Stanley McChrystal is expected to say would be needed to carry out the counterinsurgency strategy the president announced in March.

Several sources told CNN that the assessment McChrystal sent to the administration a few weeks ago, which offered only the single plan for a full counterinsurgency effort, essentially gave the president no option other than to accept or reject it in full. read more

U.S. scrambling to come up with new Afghanistan plan?