President Barack Obama could announce a decision on whether to send tens of thousands of additional U.S. soldiers to Afghanistan as soon as next week, the White House said Monday Spokesman Robert Gibbs repeated a statement made last week that Obama would not be making an announcement on the issue during the week of the Thanksgiving holiday, which is celebrated Thursday. It's not going to happen this week,” Gibbs told reporters. “Obviously, the first possible time would be some time next week.” He declined to say whether it was likely that Obama would make the long-awaited announcement on a new strategy that soon The U.S. president said last week his decision will be made “in coming weeks,” and he was convening another meeting of his national security team late Monday to continue discussions on Afghanistan.
