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Published November 12, 2009, 01:40 PM

Obama said to want revised Afghanistan options

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama rejected the Afghanistan war options before him and asked for revisions, his defense secretary said Thursday, after the U.S. ambassador in Kabul argued that a significant U.S. troop increase would only prop up a weak, corruption-tainted government.

By: ANNE GEARAN and BEN FELLER,Associated Press Writers, Worthington Daily Globe

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