President Barack Obama has not yet determined whether he will make a decision on deploying more soldiers to Afghanistan before the November 7 second-round vote, the White House said Tuesday. “The U.N., NATO, the U.S. stand ready to assist the Afghans in conducting the second round,” spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters. “Whether or not the president makes a decision before that I don't think has been determined.” “I have continued to say a decision will be made in the coming weeks as the president goes through an examination of our policy,” Gibbs said hours after Afghan President Hamid Karzai agreed to hold a second round of voting in the disputed presidential election. --SPA
