Senator says Afghan forces, not US, key to success

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In this photo provided by CBS, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., appears on CBS's "Face the Nation" in Washington, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009. (AP Photo/CBS Face the Nation, Karin Cooper)

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Senator says Afg... In this photo provided by CBS, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., appears on CBS's "Face the Nation" in Washington, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009. (AP Photo/CBS Face the Nation, Karin Cooper)
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Exec: Obama dinn... FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 file photo, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, right, arrive at a State Dinner hosted by President Barack Obama for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House in Washington. This time, the picture is the story. After the Secret Service insisted that President Barack Obama was never endangered by a security breach that allowed a couple to crash his first state dinner, the White House has released a photo showing that not only did the pair get close to Obama, they actually shook hands and talked to him. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file)
Few signposts ma... FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2009 photo, job seekers line up in front of a Dollar General booth at a Little Rock, Ark., job fair. The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week to the lowest level in over a year. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, file)
Senators: Take a... This photo released by the White House Nov. 27, 2009, shows President Barack Obama greeting Michaele and Tareq Salahi, right, at a State Dinner hosted by Obama for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House in Washington Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. The Secret Service is looking into its own security procedures after determining that the uninvited Virginia couple managed to slip into the dinner. (AP Photo/The White House, Samantha Appleton)
Senate report: B... FILE - In this April 1998 file photo, exiled al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is seen in Afghanistan. Osama bin Laden was unquestionably within reach of U.S. troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when American military leaders made the crucial and costly decision not to pursue the terrorist leader with massive force, a Senate report says. (AP Photo, file)
Whitman tries co... FILE - In this May 6,2009 file photo, Meg Whitman, right, Republican candidate for California Governor, talks to a supporter at the Conference of the Professional Business Women of California in San Francisco. (AP Phioto/Paul Sakuma, File)
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Big challenge fo... FILE - In this May 8, 2009, file photo President Barack Obama asks the audience to be seated during an unannounced visit to a Spanish-language town hall meeting on the Swine Flu virus in the Eisenhower Executive Office building in the White House complex in Washington. Hispanics voters consistently give the president exceptionally strong marks and the White House is employing an aggressive strategy to keep it that way. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
Nader noncommitt... Vic Lancia, left, of the Connecticut Green Party, carried a sign urging Ralph Nader to enter the 2010 Senate race, while attending a book-signing by Nader, who was pushing his new book, "Only the Super Rich Can Save Us!" at the Noah Webster Library in West Hartford, Conn., on Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. Nader later declined to say whether he's willing to be a candidate when queried by reporters. (AP Photo/George Ruhe)
Tis the season: ... Photographers line-up to get a picture of the White House Christmas tree as it is delivered to the North Portico of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Report: 20-somet... Chicago Cardinal Francis George, left, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, left, and Monsignor David Malloy, general secretary, address members during the group's fall meeting Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, Baltimore. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)
Obama arrives in... President Barack Obama walks down the stairs from Air Force One during his arrival at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, China, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
GOP chairman end... FILE - In this July 14, 2009 file photo, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele speaks at the 100th annual NAACP Convention in New York. The Republican National Committee's health insurance plan covers elective abortions for its employees, an option Republicans strongly oppose in health overhaul legislation that Democrats are trying to push through Congress. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
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Democrats say el... Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid gestures while meeting with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, following the weekly caucus luncheons. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. is at right. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)
GOP sweep: Big g... Republican Governor-elect Bob McDonnell waves to the crowd at his victory party in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. Unofficial results showed McDonnell, a conservative and former state attorney general, with about 60 percent of the vote over Democrat R. Creigh Deeds. He will be the state's first Republican governor in eight years. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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Romney: Obama ec... FILE - In this June 1, 2009 file photo, Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gestures while delivering remarks at the Heritage Foundation in Washington. Former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney said Monday Nov. 2, 2009, the time has come to stop the economic stimulus program, contending that it has not worked as the Obama administration planned.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, file)
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U.S. says world ... A small house can be seen in front of a coal-burning power station located on the outskirts of Beijing
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