Woodward in the WaPo:
"... "So what's my option? You have given me one option," Obama said, directly challenging the military leadership at the table, including Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen and Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, then head of U.S. Central Command."We were going to meet here today to talk about three options," Obama said sternly. "You agreed to go back and work those up."Mullen protested. "I think what we've tried to do here is present a range of options."Obama begged to differ. Two weren't even close to feasible, they all had acknowledged; the other two were variations on the 40,000...."
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