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This is the closest thing I could find. Biden wants a pullout with some troops left to train Afghan Security.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/23/obama-considers-strategy-shift-afghan-war/

President Barack Obama is considering shifting the focus of military efforts in Afghanistan from confronting the Taliban with more U.S. forces to scaling back the American presence and concentrating on Al Qaeda both there and in Pakistan, according to a published report.

That plan, put together by Vice President Joe Biden, would put emphasis on rooting out Al Qaeda from strongholds along the Pakistan border using Predator drone strikes, special forces and other tactics, The New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed U.S. sources.

While the focus would shift to Pakistan, U.S. forces would accelerate training of Afghan troops to take on the Taliban. Biden has said previously he believes Pakistan is the main threat to American interests, but Obama rejected his approach in the spring.

The plan is one of a range of options being reviewed in light of a pending request from Gen. Stanley McChrystal for an additional 30,000-40,000 troops and his dire assessment of the Afghan campaign, the newspaper said.

Officials told the paper that on Sept. 13 Obama met in the Situation Room with his top advisers to begin tackling the problem. He was joined by Biden, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, National Security Adviser James Jones and Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

“There are a lot of competing views,” one official was quoted by the paper as saying.