by wildcherry on Monday, December 14th, 2009 | News, World

President Barack Obama says he’ll know by the end of 2010 if his Afghan strategy is working, and pledges to change direction if the U.S. military is not on course “in terms of securing population centers” from Taliban militants.

The president also says his Dec. 1 speech ordering 30,000 more American soldiers and Marines into the 8-year-old war “hit me in the gut” emotionally more than any he had given.

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