Afghan Update

Obama to convene national security team Wednesday for Sit Room sit-down, expected to announce plan for 2014 departure.

From the White House:

Expected attendees include:

Vice President Joe Biden
Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State
Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense
Pete Rouse, Chief of Staff
Tom Donilon, National Security Advisor
Denis McDonough, Deputy National Security Advisor
John Brennan, Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Advisor
Ambassador Susan Rice, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
Leon Panetta, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Rajiv Shah, Administrator, USAID
James Steinberg, Deputy Secretary of State
Jack Lew, Deputy Secretary of State
Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
General James Cartwright, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
Doug Lute, Coordinator for Afghanistan and Pakistan
John Tien, Senior Director for Afghanistan and Pakistan
General James Mattis (via videoconference)
General David Petraeus, U.S. Central Command (via videoconference)
Ambassador Karl Eikenberry, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan (via videoconference)