Afstan: Set to be decided, announcement Dec. 1

Almost two weeks ago:

Obamastan: Serve returned...

Now, from Foreign Policy's "AfPak Channel", note numbers:

Daily brief: Obama expected to announce Afghanistan decision December 1

Getting closer

Around 20 members of U.S. President Barack Obama's national security team met for the ninth or tenth time last night to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, and rumors are coalescing around "early next week" for the president to announce his decision of a "middle-ground option that would deploy an eventual 32,000 to 35,000 U.S. forces" to the Afghan theater (AP, NPR, Reuters, AP, AFP). Politico, Reuters, NPR, and McClatchy all report the much-anticipated decision will come in a presidential television address on December 1 (Politico, Reuters, NPR, McClatchy)...