Will Republicans Side With Haley Barbour on Afghanistan?
Haley Barbour has broken with most of his likely Republican rivals in the still-evolving presidential primary field, calling for the U.S. to shrink its involvement in Afghanistan.
“I think we need to look at that,” the Mississippi governor told reporters in Iowa when asked if the U.S. should reduce the number of troops there, Politico’s Kasie Hunt reported. “What is our mission? … Is that a 100,000-man Army mission?”
Will Republican primary voters buy what Barbour is selling?
The Atlantic
3/16/11
About the Author(s)
Magnolia Tribune
This article was produced by Magnolia Tribune staff.
More Like This
More From This Author
Previous Story
News
|
Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press
, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press
, Leah Askarinam, Associated Press
•
July 3, 2025
House Republicans are pushing Trump’s big bill to the brink of passage
GOP leaders were up all night and the president himself worked to persuade skeptical holdouts to drop their opposition and deliver by their Fourth of July deadline.
