Cadets stand for the national anthem before a speech by U.S. President Barack Obama in Eisenhower Hall at the United States Military Academy at West Point on Dec. 1, 2009.Chris Hondros/Getty Images
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Tuesday night's nationally televised address by U.S. President Barack Obama may be a pivotal moment in his presidency as he tries to convince increasingly war-weary Americans that 30,000 or more troops are what is needed to win in Afghanistan.
As The Globe's Paul Koring wrote, the President is also attempting to rally Washington's sometimes-reluctant coalition partners to stay the course, though Canada won't be among them.
Join Mr. Koring live Wednesday at 11 a.m. ET to discuss the Afghanistan mission, Mr. Obama's announcement and Canada's role in the country post-2011 when our combat effort will cease.
Paul Koring is The Globe and Mail's international affairs correspondent, based in Washington D.C. He has been a foreign correspondent for more than 20 years, based in New York, London and Washington, and he has filed from more than 40 countries. His conflict coverage includes the Iran-Iraq war, the Gulf war, the Balkan wars and Afghanistan. He covered the fall of the Berlin Wall and the subsequent Eastern European Revolutions. In 2008, Mr. Koring and Graeme Smith won the Michener award for their coverage of detainee abuse in Afghanistan.
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