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Mr. Schröder broke off a tour of eastern Germany and neighboring countries and has canceled a trip to Latin America to shepherd the troop decision through the government.

It will air on Thanksgiving weekend; since White House officials have now told reporters that Obama's Afghanistan troop decision won't be announced until after the holiday, the players will have a chance to weigh in.

Page A8 TROOP DECISION DELAYED The top allied commander in Afghanistan told Congress that he would not be recommending further American troop reductions until late this year, after the departure of the current surge forces and the end of the summer fighting season.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates called Obama's deliberate approach on his first troop decision "entirely appropriate".

But American officials hope President Nicolas Sarkozy of France will be able to make troop decisions after important regional elections in March.

The troop decisions are also being made against a backdrop of growing political uncertainty in Afghanistan and rising concerns that the country's presidential election could either be delayed for months or longer, or be so flawed that many Afghans would not accept its results.

Mr. O'Reilly disagreed, saying the network had been respectful to Mr. Obama about the Afghanistan troop deployment decision.

After carefully weighing the situation for three months, Obama choose to send an additional 30,000 troops, a decision that was criticized by many in his party.

General Petraeus told Congress in September that the first round of withdrawals should be completed before making additional troop reduction decisions.

The administration has withdrawn some of the reinforcements and is assessing the effect of that reduction before withdrawing additional troops, a decision expected in the next week.

Its fruits had been thrown away by the feckless current occupant of the White House, and 2011's full withdrawal of US troops – a decision, the former vice-president declared, that "betrayed our past and squandered our freedom".