Washington, December 04: Albeit with a slim margin, majority of Americans support the new Af-Pak policy of US President Barack Obama which was announced by him early this week, a national opinion poll said today.
According to the USA Today/Gallup Poll taken on Wednesday ? a day after Obama announced his new policy ? 51 per cent of the respondent supported the new Afghanistan policy of the US President, while 40 per cent disapproved it.
The overall 51 per cent positive reaction to the new policy is slightly higher than the 47 per cent who in a November poll supported the basic concept of increasing troops in Afghanistan, Gallup said.
However, there is little consensus in favour of his specific decisions to deploy 30,000 more US troops or to set a timetable to begin their withdrawal in 2011, USA Today said.
–PTI