White House spokesman Robert Gibbs confirmed today that President Obama will not be making an Afghanistan announcement before the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.Next week? Who knows?
Gibbs said he can answer that question "when the president tells me what's likely ... I would simply say that it's not going to happen this week, obviously."
Tonight's national security meeting is dedicated to answering some of the questions Obama raised a couple of weeks ago, Gibbs said, including the potential U.S. exit strategy from Afghanistan.
"A decent part of it is not just how we get people there, but what's the strategy for getting them out, " Gibbs said.
This is Obama's ninth national security meeting on an Afghanistan strategy -- and Gibbs said no more are scheduled.