| McCain to Obama: Make Afghan decision now

McCain-to-Obama:-Make-Afghan-decision-now WASHINGTON - Sen. John McCain is exhorting President Barack Obama to make a decision quickly on sending additional troops to Afghanistan, saying U.S allies are nervous and military commanders are frustrated.

McCain said in a nationally broadcast interview Wednesday that the war policy in Afghanistan has been reviewed time and again and that its now time to act.

Interviewed on CBSs The Early Show, the Arizona Republican said the drawn-out decision-making process on Afghanistan is not helpful to our effort in the wartorn nation.

On Tuesday, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Obama would announce his next step in the coming weeks, a phrase he has used before.

In a speech, meanwhile, former Secretary of State George P. Shultz said U.S. policy should be centered on building up local pockets and not on devising a strong central government that never has been part of Afghanistans history.

We have allowed our position to morph into creating a country that hasnt existed before, Shultz said Tuesday at a seminar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a liberal leaning Washington think tank.

- | McCain to Obama: Make Afghan decision now |