"It'll be a critical summit, from the point of keeping the EU together,keeping consensus that the EU should maintain leadership on this issue,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.29

One analyst who has been critical of U.S.policy toward Afghanistan agrees, at least up to a point.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

"What surprised me,in fact, is that when he attained office, Obama did not denounce or back away from the idea of installing missiles in Poland, which is something I think he was quite critical of at one point,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.15