President Obama is considering four scenarios to move forward in Afghanistan and is expected to talk about them at his eighth meeting with his war council on Wednesday afternoon, sources told CNN.Though the options are not being spelled out, one is fairly well-defined.
That option, a senior administration official and U.S. military official independently confirmed, calls for sending about 34,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan.
A military official said the plan would send three Army brigades, totaling about 15,000 troops; a Marine brigade, about 8,000 troops; a headquarters element, about 7,000 troops; and 4,000 to 5,000 support troops.
The groups would be spread across the country, mainly focusing in the south and southeast, where much of the fighting is.
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