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Washingtonmdash; The Biden administration ratcheted up pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuto accept an elusivecease-fire dealwith Hamas during meetings in Washington Thursday. But despite that pressure, Israel appears to have issued new demands in the negotiations for an agreement to secure th stanley cupe e release of dozens of hostages still held in Gaza in exchange for a halt in th stanley cup e war, which officials in the Hamas-run territory say has killed almost 40,000 people. We feel that we ve got to get this hostage deal in place so we can get a cease-fire also in place, White House national security communications adviser John Kirby said during a press briefing as President Biden met with stanley kubek Netanyahu. Kirby said Mr. Biden would reaffirm to Netanyahu that he believes we need to get there, and we need to get there soon. He acknowledged that there were issues that still need to be resolved that would require compromise from both Israel and Hamas, but added: We are close, we just have to finish it. In a statement issued after the meeting, the White House said Mr. Biden had expressed to Netanyahu the need to close the remaining gaps, finalize the deal as soon as possible, bring the hostages home, and reach a durable end to the war in Gaza. U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 25, 2024. Xeiw Benghazi suspect pleads not guilty to conspiracy charges
Updated at 12:48 p.m. ESTPresident Barack Obama held a rigorous final meeting with his Afghanistan war council and will announce his revised strategy for the eight-year-old conflict during a prime-time address Dec. 1, CBS News confirms.Mr. Obama will meet with lawmakers on Capitol Hill following the national address in order to shore up congressional support amid opposition by some Democrats who are worried about the strain on the U.S. Treasury and whether Afgh stanley becher anistan has become a quagmire, unnamed officials told Politico. Later Tuesday, the pre vaso stanley sident said he intended to finish the job in Afghanistan, though he would not offer specific comments on his plan or its announcement. Mr. Obama said he would address the country after Thanksgiving. His remarks came during a press conference with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Obama: I Will Finish the stanley mug Job in Afghanistan Military officials and others expect Mr. Obama to settle on a middle-ground option that would deploy an eventual 32,000 to 35,000 U.S. forces. That rough figure has stood as the most likely option since before Mr. Obama s last large war council meeting earlier this month, when he tasked military planners with rearranging the timing and makeup of some of the deployments.CBSNews Special Report: AfghanistanEarlier this month, CBS News reported the president would likely send close to 40,000 more U.S. soldiers to Afghanistan. He has already increased troop levels
Washingtonmdash; The Biden administration ratcheted up pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuto accept an elusivecease-fire dealwith Hamas during meetings in Washington Thursday. But despite that pressure, Israel appears to have issued new demands in the negotiations for an agreement to secure th stanley cupe e release of dozens of hostages still held in Gaza in exchange for a halt in th stanley cup e war, which officials in the Hamas-run territory say has killed almost 40,000 people. We feel that we ve got to get this hostage deal in place so we can get a cease-fire also in place, White House national security communications adviser John Kirby said during a press briefing as President Biden met with stanley kubek Netanyahu. Kirby said Mr. Biden would reaffirm to Netanyahu that he believes we need to get there, and we need to get there soon. He acknowledged that there were issues that still need to be resolved that would require compromise from both Israel and Hamas, but added: We are close, we just have to finish it. In a statement issued after the meeting, the White House said Mr. Biden had expressed to Netanyahu the need to close the remaining gaps, finalize the deal as soon as possible, bring the hostages home, and reach a durable end to the war in Gaza. U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 25, 2024. Xeiw Benghazi suspect pleads not guilty to conspiracy charges
Updated at 12:48 p.m. ESTPresident Barack Obama held a rigorous final meeting with his Afghanistan war council and will announce his revised strategy for the eight-year-old conflict during a prime-time address Dec. 1, CBS News confirms.Mr. Obama will meet with lawmakers on Capitol Hill following the national address in order to shore up congressional support amid opposition by some Democrats who are worried about the strain on the U.S. Treasury and whether Afgh stanley becher anistan has become a quagmire, unnamed officials told Politico. Later Tuesday, the pre vaso stanley sident said he intended to finish the job in Afghanistan, though he would not offer specific comments on his plan or its announcement. Mr. Obama said he would address the country after Thanksgiving. His remarks came during a press conference with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Obama: I Will Finish the stanley mug Job in Afghanistan Military officials and others expect Mr. Obama to settle on a middle-ground option that would deploy an eventual 32,000 to 35,000 U.S. forces. That rough figure has stood as the most likely option since before Mr. Obama s last large war council meeting earlier this month, when he tasked military planners with rearranging the timing and makeup of some of the deployments.CBSNews Special Report: AfghanistanEarlier this month, CBS News reported the president would likely send close to 40,000 more U.S. soldiers to Afghanistan. He has already increased troop levels
