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New York Times
January 15, 2007
KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 14 (AP) — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton ate breakfast with soldiers from New York and Indiana at the main American base in Afghanistan on Sunday before meeting with the top American general in Afghanistan and President Hamid Karzai, and then traveling to Pakistan to meet with its president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
Mrs. Clinton, Democrat of New York, who is considering running for president, came from Iraq with Senator Evan Bayh, Democrat of Indiana, and Representative John M. McHugh, Republican of New York. The three are members of armed services committees.
Their meetings in Kabul were closed, and Mrs. Clinton and her colleagues did not talk with journalists.
About 23,000 United States soldiers are in Afghanistan. Mrs. Clinton has said she wants to see more troops sent to Afghanistan, without saying how many.
Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry, the American commander in Afghanistan, gave Mrs. Clinton and her colleagues an update on the security situation, including the pace of reconstruction and the progress of Afghan Army and police training, said Col. Tom Collins, a military spokesman.
After leaving Kabul, Mrs. Clinton went to Lahore, Pakistan, where an official said she met with General Musharraf, a major ally in the American effort against terrorist groups.
January 15, 2007
KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 14 (AP) — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton ate breakfast with soldiers from New York and Indiana at the main American base in Afghanistan on Sunday before meeting with the top American general in Afghanistan and President Hamid Karzai, and then traveling to Pakistan to meet with its president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
Mrs. Clinton, Democrat of New York, who is considering running for president, came from Iraq with Senator Evan Bayh, Democrat of Indiana, and Representative John M. McHugh, Republican of New York. The three are members of armed services committees.
Their meetings in Kabul were closed, and Mrs. Clinton and her colleagues did not talk with journalists.
About 23,000 United States soldiers are in Afghanistan. Mrs. Clinton has said she wants to see more troops sent to Afghanistan, without saying how many.
Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry, the American commander in Afghanistan, gave Mrs. Clinton and her colleagues an update on the security situation, including the pace of reconstruction and the progress of Afghan Army and police training, said Col. Tom Collins, a military spokesman.
After leaving Kabul, Mrs. Clinton went to Lahore, Pakistan, where an official said she met with General Musharraf, a major ally in the American effort against terrorist groups.