President in Afghanistan

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Obama hails troops, signs agreement on surprise Afghanistan trip - CNN.com

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- President Barack Obama thanked U.S. troops for their service and signed an agreement on cooperating with Afghanistan on an unannounced trip there Tuesday, the first anniversary of the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden in neighboring Pakistan.

"Afghanistan has a friend and a partner in the United States," Obama said before he and Afghan President Hamid Karzai signed the Strategic Partnership Agreement outlining cooperation between their countries once the U.S.-led international force withdraws in 2014.

On his third trip to Afghanistan since taking office, Obama also addressed troops at Bagram Air Field. He will make a televised address at 7:30 p.m. ET.

At the signing ceremony, Obama said that neither country asked for the war that began more than a decade earlier, but now they would work in partnership for a peaceful future.
 
Obama will probably never tie Bush for number of vacations, but this trip means he has now visited Afghanistan more than Bush did.

He also spent more time on the ground in each trip.


But let's not focus on- LOOK! I THINK I SEE A DEATH PANEL!
 
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