2+DEC

 **** __Obama Adds Troops, but Maps Exit Plan__ **** By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and HELENE COOPER President Obama said he would begin to draw U.S. forces out of Afghanistan in July 2011, even after sending some 30,000 more troops by mid-2010.

****NEWS ANALYSIS**** **** __With Troop Pledge, New Demands on Afghans__ **** By DEXTER FILKINS A commitment to redouble the campaign leaves unanswered a decisive question: Will the Afghans step up?

****NEWS ANALYSIS**** **** __Two Messages for Two Sides__ **** By PETER BAKER and ADAM NAGOURNEY The president used language intended to appeal to different parts of the political spectrum and persuade them to come together to see if his strategy works. **** __Between the Lines, an Expansion in Pakistan__ **** By DAVID E. SANGER and ERIC SCHMITT President Obama left much unsaid about Pakistan, where he can send no troops, but he offered hints of an expanded counterinsurgency effort.

**** __Strain of Military Service Meets Resolve__ **** By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON and RAY RIVERA President Obama emphasized that a beginning to an end of the war in Afghanistan was in sight. That, some soldiers said, was the important part.

****THE TV WATCH**** **** __Before Audience of Cadets, a Sobering Message of War__ **** By ALESSANDRA STANLEY Barack Obama may be the one president of the television age who can make a star turn at West Point look like a graduate seminar at Yale. **** __American Indians Stand to Gain in Health Overhaul__ **** By PAM BELLUCK Congress, with the support of the White House, appears poised to significantly improve the Indian health care system.

**** __Tough Season May Force Texas Oystermen to Fold__ **** By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr. and KRISTEN CRAWLEY Texas is working to restore beds devastated by Hurricane Ike last year, but some harvesters fear they will have to fold before the measures have an impact.

**** __Baltimore’s Mayor Is Convicted__ **** By IAN URBINA The conviction on Tuesday of Mayor Sheila Dixon for one count of embezzlement may force her from office. **** __In Denmark, Ambitious Plan for Electric Cars__ **** By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ A big tax break may draw buyers, but it is not certain they can be persuaded to make the switch.

**** __G.M. Asks Its Chief to Resign__ **** By BILL VLASIC The move to replace Fritz Henderson, who had appeared to be making some headway, stunned the auto industry.

**** __Surviving NBC’s Upheaval__ **** By BILL CARTER Jeff Zucker, the chief executive of NBC Universal at the center of a plan to shift control of the company from General Electric to Comcast, would presumably have to prove himself again to his new potential bosses.