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Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) released a statement following Preisdent Obama's speech outlining why she disagreed with the proposed strategy. Boxer wrote, "I do not support adding more troops because there are now 200,000 American, NATO and Afghan forces fighting roughly 20,000 Taliban and less than 100 al Qaeda." (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)
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