President Barack Obama's drawn-out decision-making on Afghanistan is sending messages. To the Afghan government: Clean up your act. To the Pentagon: I'm no rubber stamp. To the American public: More troops can't be the sole answer.

Remains of 6 soldiers killed in Afghanistan return to US under quiet ceremony. The remains of six soldiers killed in Afghanistan are back on U.S. soil.

Attorney general, DEA administrator to witness return of DEA bodies. The leaders of the U.S. Justice Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration planned to travel to Delaware to honor three DEA agents killed in Afghanistan.

US President Barack Obama on Thursday witnessed the homecoming of US war dead from Afghanistan as he mulled the decision of sending thousands of more troops into the battle zone.

President Barack Obama on Thursday witnessed the homecoming of US war dead from Afghanistan, as he mulled whether to send thousands of more troops into the battle zone.

US President Barack Obama bore witness Thursday to the homecoming of US war dead from Afghanistan as he considered options on sending thousands of more troops into the battle zone.

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Delaware (Reuters) - President Barack Obama saw first hand the human cost of the Afghanistan war as he welcomed home on Thursday 18 soldiers and Drug Enforcement Administration agents killed in Afghanistan this week.

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Delaware (Reuters) - President Barack Obama saw first hand the human cost of the Afghanistan war as he welcomed home on Thursday 18 soldiers and Drug Enforcement Administration agents killed in Afghanistan this week.

President Barack Obama stood vigil to the homecoming of US war dead from Afghanistan Thursday as he debates ordering thousands of more troops into the battle zone.

US President Barack Obama bore witness Thursday to the homecoming of US war dead from Afghanistan as he considered options on sending thousands of more troops into the battle zone.

Fallen Indiana Army sergeant, honored by Obama, was son of a Mormon bishop, champion wrestler. Sgt. Dale Griffin was the son of a Mormon bishop, a champion wrestler and college student who was struggling to find his way in the world when he turned to the military.

In darkness, Obama honors return of fallen Americans at Dover as Afghan war toll rises. Hours after a personal encounter with the grim cost of war, President Barack Obama said Thursday the sight of 18 flag-covered cases holding the remains of Americans killed this week in Afghanistan can't help but influence his thinking about sending more troops overseas.

President Barack Obama Friday meets his top military chiefs to talk strategy in Pakistan and Afghanistan in one of the final steps before deciding whether to send thousands more US troops to war.

President Barack Obama Friday meets his top military chiefs to talk strategy in Pakistan and Afghanistan in one of the final steps before deciding whether to send thousands more US troops to war.

President Barack Obama Friday meets his top military chiefs to talk strategy in Pakistan and Afghanistan in one of the final steps before deciding whether to send thousands more US troops to war.

President Barack Obama Friday meets his top military chiefs to talk strategy in Pakistan and Afghanistan in one of the final steps before deciding whether to send thousands more US troops to war.

President Barack Obama meets his top military chiefs Friday to talk strategy in Pakistan and Afghanistan in one of the final steps before deciding whether to send thousands more US troops to war.

President Barack Obama meets his top military chiefs Friday to talk strategy in Pakistan and Afghanistan in one of the final steps before deciding whether to send thousands more US troops to war.

President Barack Obama meets his top military chiefs Friday to talk strategy in Pakistan and Afghanistan in one of the final steps before deciding whether to send thousands more US troops to war.

'Immature, inexperienced': Radio host Rush Limbaugh lobs barbs at Obama a year after election. From his home and on a friendly network, Rush Limbaugh lobbed pot shots across the airwaves Sunday at President Barack Obama ? "immature, inexperienced, in over his head," offering the country "radical leadership" and laying siege to the economy.