White House press secretary Robert Gibbs says the president will not announce his Afghanistan strategy before returning from Asia next week.

VOA: standard.2009.11.13

"The first thing is not numbers,". "It is to find and fine-tune the right approach to implement the strategy already laid down.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

She explains that the strategy did not work as predicted because of what's called a population level effect.

VOA: standard.2010.03.22

This is not just about getting boots on the ground. This is part of NATO's strategy for getting Afghanistan back on its feet.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

The director of national intelligence, who is a key participant in the review, would not comment directly on a new strategy for the region.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

Secretary Gates also stressed that U.S.,NATO and coalition forces are not simply awaiting the outcome of the election dispute or the Obama administration's strategy review.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

I want to do that." Administration officials say it has not been determined whether the president will decide on a new strategy before the Afghan runoff election.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

But he said it will not become part of the strategy review.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

NATO spokesman James Appathurai told reporters NATO members had shown a clear determination to support President Barack Obama's strategy in Afghanistan not just through rhetoric, but by dispatching more troops.

VOA: standard.2009.12.03

"There is the support of this counterinsurgency strategy, which means that ministers agree that it does not solve the problems in Afghanistan just to hunt down and kill individual terrorists,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

For that reason, and because the Taliban is continuing its resurgence, General Myers says President Obama should take enough time to get the strategy right, but not too much time.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

"They do not represent official positions or policy, and they do not,in my view, fundamentally call into question the efficacy of our current strategy in Afghanistan and its prospects for success."

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

Facing eroding public support for the war in Afghanistan, U.S.Defense Secretary Robert Gates told reporters at the Pentagon President Barack Obama's new strategy for the conflict has not been given a chance to work.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

Secretary Gates told reporters on the plane that U.S.and NATO decisions about strategy and troop deployments do not have to wait until the new Afghan government takes office, which could be several months.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20