With his Oval Office speech Tuesday night, President Barack Obama will signal a shift in America’s focus from the Iraq war to the war in Afghanistan, his spokesman said Thursday.

Administration officials have portrayed the speech as an important pivot point from a war that candidate Obama said should never have been fought to a conflict that President Obama sees as vital to the nation’s security.

Read more: Obama speech to signal shift from Iraq to Afghan conflict. – The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_15908858#ixzz0xoyFa92