The President is making it clear that leaving Afghanistan is 1. . It’s not on the table. According to one White House source, he told the meeting that he wouldn’t 2. in Afghanistan or opt for a strategy of merely targeting al-Qaeda leaders. But he wouldn’t be drawn on the military request for more troops. There appears to be a 3. that the review of strategy has sometimes been portrayed in black-and-white terms of a massive increase or reduction of troop numbers. President Obama told the group made up of the most senior Republican and Democrat senators and congressmen that 4. would be “rigorous and deliberate”. But it’s going on too long for some Republicans and members of the President’s own party 5. committing more resources and military personnel to a conflict where 6. . The word “Vietnam” is heard more and more on Capitol Hill.