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Matthew Hoh, a Senior Civilian Official in Afghanistan, Resigns Over U.S. Strategy
ABC ^ | 10/27/2009 | Staff

Posted on 10/27/2009 4:06:32 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA

A key U.S. official in Afghanistan has resigned in protest over U.S. policy in the war-torn region, as the Obama administration deliberates its future strategy there.

Matthew Hoh, a political officer in the foreign service and a senior civilian officer in Zabul, Afghanistan, wrote a four-page letter to Ambassador Nancy Powell, director general of the foreign service at the State Department, to express his "doubts and reservations about our current strategy and planned future strategy," as first reported by the Washington Post today.

Today, Hoh told reporters he submitted his letter of resignation on Sept. 10 because he doesn't agree with the U.S. mission in the country. Afghanistan, Hoh said, is in stark contrast to Iraq, especially when it comes to security.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; bhodod; hoh; resignation

1 posted on 10/27/2009 4:06:32 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
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To: Red in Blue PA

He could be acting as a finger in the wind for 0bama, who is, IMO, looking for an exit that doesn’t rub the shine off his chrome.


2 posted on 10/27/2009 4:10:47 PM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast ( If you have kids, you have no right of privacy that the govt can't flick off your shoulder.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Wonder what Obama is going to say to the parents of the servicepeople how he murdered their sons and daughters.

“Oh, I had to get another round of golf in.”


3 posted on 10/27/2009 4:11:40 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Obamao knows what the mission is, same as LBJ’s containment while he fiddles around with our economy. When that blew up in LBJs face, he got the boot ... So will Obamao.

It’s the economy stupid, not the socialism.


4 posted on 10/27/2009 4:12:59 PM PDT by Tarpon (To destroy the people's liberties, you poison their morals ...)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Why the hell is this News ?

Maybe Obama will resign too, as his has similar thinking.

Drop Hoh’s bunns off in Pakistan and let him see the world. He ain’t worth the Jet Fuel cost to fly him all the way back home.


5 posted on 10/27/2009 4:17:11 PM PDT by 4Speed
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To: Red in Blue PA

Just another “K-Street Hoh”

(Sorry)


6 posted on 10/27/2009 4:38:02 PM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Pray for the peace of Jerusalem - Ps 122:6)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

Right on the money, Red in Blue PA.

Hoh is cover for O


7 posted on 10/27/2009 4:54:53 PM PDT by Walrus (My congressman is toast in 2010 --- how about yours?)
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To: Red in Blue PA
"Afghanistan, Hoh said, is in stark contrast to Iraq, especially when it comes to security."

Hoh is the anti-Obama, he is saying that Iraq was the War we had to fight, not Afghanistan.
8 posted on 10/27/2009 5:27:05 PM PDT by kenavi (No legislation longer than the Constitution.)
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To: Tarpon
"When that blew up in LBJs face, he got the boot ... So will Obamao. It’s the economy stupid, not the socialism"

That did not happen to Roosevelt, did it?

9 posted on 10/27/2009 5:41:10 PM PDT by TopQuark
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