CBS Evening News - 2009-12-02
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[0:02] Tonight, the president's team hits
[0:04] Capitol Hill to defend sending more
[0:06] troops to Afghanistan and gets grilled
[0:09] about the timeline for pulling them out.
[0:12] >> That has not been made clear at all.
[0:14] >> We'll ask the Secretary of State, why
[0:17] start withdrawing troops after only 18
[0:19] months. I'm Katie Kurrick. Also tonight,
[0:21] those controversial new mammogram
[0:23] guidelines. The panel that made them
[0:26] stands by them under congressional fire.
[0:34] >> This is the CBS Evening News with Katie
[0:37] Kurig.
[0:40] And good evening everyone. The day after
[0:42] he announced he's sending 30,000 more
[0:44] troops to Afghanistan, President Obama
[0:46] dispatched a small army of top adviserss
[0:49] to sell the plan to Congress and the
[0:52] American people. and they drew fire from
[0:54] critics on both sides of the aisle about
[0:56] the number of troops he's ordering in,
[0:58] how long they'll be there, and the cost.
[1:01] Chip Reed is at the White House tonight.
[1:03] And Chip, the president is facing a
[1:04] tough battle in Afghanistan and right
[1:07] here at home as well.
[1:08] >> He certainly is, Katie. And that battle
[1:10] is going to be especially ugly with
[1:13] members of his own party.
[1:16] >> The full court press began first thing
[1:18] this morning with Vice President Biden
[1:20] on all three broadcast networks. So,
[1:22] we're going to be a lot safer, a lot
[1:24] more secure.
[1:25] >> Earlier, Biden argued against sending
[1:27] more troops to Afghanistan, but now that
[1:29] the president has decided to send 30,000
[1:31] more, he's a top advocate of the plan.
[1:34] The president also sent a high-powered
[1:36] sales force to Capitol Hill, where they
[1:38] were on the defen