Obama visits Pentagon, vows immediate action

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President Obama, right, with Vice President Joe Biden, left, and service chiefs, speaks with reporters Wednesday during a visit to the Pentagon.


Obama visits Pentagon, vows immediate action
By William H. McMichael - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Jan 28, 2009 19:36:31 EST

President Barack Obama pledged his “full support” for the military Wednesday following his first meeting with the Pentagon’s top uniformed and civilian leaders, a session highlighted by discussions on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and other security threats around the globe.

Obama, who has promised to listen to a range of options before deciding how to fulfill campaign promises to end the Iraq war and bolster the fight in Afghanistan, did not indicate that any decisions were reached on the two wars during the nearly two-hour meeting. But he expressed an urgency to do so.

“We’re going to have some difficult decisions that we’re going to have to make surrounding Iraq and Afghanistan, most immediately,” Obama said. “And obviously, our efforts to continue to go after extremist organizations that would do harm to the homeland is uppermost on our minds.”

Flanked by Vice President Joe Biden, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Joint Chiefs chairman Adm. Mike Mullen and the other Joint Chiefs, and National Security Adviser James Jones just outside the Chiefs’ E Ring meeting room known as “the Tank,” Obama said the wide-ranging discussion ran on to the point where “we just kind of lost track of time.”

Obama led off his remarks with praise for the military.


Resty of article at: http://armytimes.com/news/2009/01/dn_obama_pentagon_012809w/%2e



uhc comment: And Mr. O also has a $1 trillion 2009 military budget that needs some paring down.