Petraeus outlines Afghanistan and Pakistan strategy
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A pair of assumed U.S. drones struck Pakistan today, killing 14 people. This is the first time the Orakzai region has been attacked, which lies near the border with Afghanistan. The strike took place after the Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud asserted his group is responsible for a deadly attack in Lahore in retaliation for U.S. drone attacks on Pakistan, and threatened attacks on U.S. soil. Meanwhile, General David Petraeus told lawmakers in Washington today that the U.S. in investigating the threats and responding to them. He added that the war in Afghanistan has now become the war in Afghanistan and Pakistan, a single war, which he said would be long and sustained. Although lawmakers praised this new strategy, some are concerned that the plan fails to layout how the terms of success will be measured. Washington Editor Leigh Ann Caldwell reports.
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