Provoking Discussion on Afghanistan
The contest for the 2012 US Senate contest is already heating up between Democrats Susan Bysiewicz and Rep. Chris Murphy. The two traded barbs over their Afghanistan policy this week on the heels of Mr. Murphy’s trip to that country to visit with troops and assess the situation.
Amid the kerfuffle, however, I wondered about the race’s third candidate, State Rep. William Tong. The Hartford Courant picked up the case and got some answers:
Reached this morning, Tong’s campaign issued the following comment via email: “It is time that we stand with President Obama and begin the process of ending our 10-year long commitment in Afghanistan starting with a substantial reduction in our front line combat troops, beginning this summer,” said Tong, a state representative from Stamford.
It is going to be a long 2012 cycle.
