The United Nations' decision to move 600 of its international staff either out of Afghanistan altogether or to safer locations within that country is a "wise and short-term effort to shore-up the security situation while continuing vital operations and affirming and sustaining the U.N. and the international commitment to Afghanistan," U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice told All Things Considered's Michele Norris a short time ago:

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Their conversation, as we reported earlier, is part of a hour-long special report on today's ATC about the situation in Afghanistan and the issues that face President Barack Obama as he considers whether to send more U.S. troops there.

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