NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 28: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) stands with Afghan Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta before a meeting on September 28, 2009 in New York City. The United States is weighing options about sending more combat troops to Afghanistan following internal military reports that the situation on the ground is increasingly favoring the Taliban. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 28: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) stands with Afghan Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta before a meeting on September 28, 2009 in New York City. The United States is weighing options about sending more combat troops to Afghanistan following internal military reports that the situation on the ground is increasingly favoring the Taliban.

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  1. BEIJING - NOVEMBER 18: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (2nd R) reacts during a breakfast meeting with Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo (2nd L) held at a hotel November 18, 2009 in Beijing, China. U.S. President Barack Obama is on an official nine-day, four nation, Asia tour during which he has visited Japan and attended the APEC Summit in Singapore before heading to China. Following his visit to China, where he is expected to discuss the economy, trade and climate change, he will head to South Korea.
  2. BEIJING - NOVEMBER 18: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham (C) arrives at a breakfast meeting with Chinese State Councillor Dai Bingguo, (unseen) at a hotel November 18, 2009 in Beijing, China. U.S. President Barack Obama is on an official nine-day, four nation, Asia tour during which he has visited Japan and attended the APEC Summit in Singapore before heading to China. Following his visit to China, where he is expected to discuss the economy, trade and climate change, he will head to South Korea.
  3. BEIJING - NOVEMBER 18: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (L) is shown to a breakfast meeting by Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo at a hotel November 18, 2009 in Beijing, China. U.S. President Barack Obama is on an official nine-day, four nation, Asia tour during which he has visited Japan and attended the APEC Summit in Singapore before heading to China. Following his visit to China, where he is expected to discuss the economy, trade and climate change, he will head to South Korea.
  4. BEIJING - NOVEMBER 18: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks near U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell (L) during a breakfast meeting with Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo at a hotel November 18, 2009 in Beijing, China. U.S. President Barack Obama is on an official nine-day, four nation, Asia tour during which he has visited Japan and attended the APEC Summit in Singapore before heading to China. Following his visit to China, where he is expected to discuss the economy, trade and climate change, he will head to South Korea.
  5. BEIJING - NOVEMBER 18: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (C) shakes hand with Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo during a breakfast meeting held at a hotel November 18, 2009 in Beijing, China. Seen in the background are U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman (3rd R) and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell (5th R). U.S. President Barack Obama is on an official nine-day, four nation, Asia tour during which he has visited Japan and attended the APEC Summit in Singapore before heading to China. Following his visit to China, where he is expected to discuss the economy, trade and climate change, he will head to South Korea.
  6. US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton (R) chats with Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) at the start of a state dinner at the Great Hall of the People on November 17, 2009 in Beijing. US President Obama and China's Hu Jintao pledged to apply their joint political might to the world's toughest problems, but friction was evident on Tibet, economics and Iran.
  7. Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta (L) talks with his Danish counterpart Per Stig Moeller (R) while Germany's Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (C) looks on at the start of a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels December 4, 2009. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she was confident allies would support U.S. calls for more troops in Afghanistan, as she arrived for a NATO meeting on Friday, but acknowledged that some may not yet be ready politically to go public.
  8. Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta (L) talks with his German counterpart Guido Westerwelle (R) at the start of a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels December 4, 2009. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she was confident allies would support U.S. calls for more troops in Afghanistan, as she arrived for a NATO meeting on Friday, but acknowledged that some may not yet be ready politically to go public.
  9. Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta (L) talks with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (R) at the start of a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels December 4, 2009. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she was confident allies would support U.S. calls for more troops in Afghanistan, as she arrived for a NATO meeting on Friday, but acknowledged that some may not yet be ready politically to go public.
  10. Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta talks with his United Arab Emirates' counterpart Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (R) at the start of a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels December 4, 2009. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she was confident allies would support U.S. calls for more troops in Afghanistan, as she arrived for a NATO meeting on Friday, but acknowledged that some may not yet be ready politically to go public.
  11. Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta (L) and his United Arab Emirates' counterpart Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (C) talk with Germany's Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (R) at the start of a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels December 4, 2009. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she was confident allies would support U.S. calls for more troops in Afghanistan, as she arrived for a NATO meeting on Friday, but acknowledged that some may not yet be ready politically to go public.
  12. Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband (L) talks with Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta (R) at the start of a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels December 4, 2009. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she was confident allies would support U.S. calls for more troops in Afghanistan, as she arrived for a NATO meeting on Friday, but acknowledged that some may not yet be ready politically to go public.
  13. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 11: Afghan spectators gather to watch the weekly dog fights on December 11, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Dogfighting is facing a resurgence after it was banned under the Taliban for being un-Islamic.
  14. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 11: Afghan spectators watch as two fighting dogs attack each other during the weekly dog fights on December 11, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Dogfighting is facing a resurgence after it was banned under the Taliban for being un-Islamic.
  15. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 11: Afghan spectators watch as two fighting dogs attack each other during the weekly dog fights on December 11, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Dogfighting is facing a resurgence after it was banned under the Taliban for being un-Islamic.
  16. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 11: Afghan spectators watch as two fighting dogs attack each other during the weekly dog fights on December 11, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Dogfighting is facing a resurgence after it was banned under the Taliban for being un-Islamic.

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