U.S. President Barack Obama will announce his new strategy for Afghanistan on Tuesday. The White House says the president will make his plans known in an evening address (0100 UTC) from the U.S. military academy at West Point, in the northeastern state of New York. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs announced President Obama's plans Wednesday. Gibbs noted that U.S. forces have been in Afghanistan for eight years. He said the U.S. will not be in the country for another 8 or 9 years. The White House spokesman also said President Obama will reveal his Afghanistan strategy to members of the U.S. Congress Tuesday, ahead of his address to the nation. U.S. news organizations say President Obama is most likely to back a plan to send between 30,000 and 35,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan.
