Obama slips into Afghanistan For Quick Photo-op

Obama had taken so much flak for receiving news of Ukraine, Iraq, Gaza, Libya, Afghanistan etc. on the golf course that a token PR trip seemed timely. Spin politics at its worst.

Obama slips into Afghanistan to visit US troops | The Jakarta Post
Air Force One landed at Bagram Air Field, the main U.S. base in Afghanistan, after an overnight flight from Washington. Obama was scheduled to spend just a few hours on the base and had no plans to travel to Kabul, the capital, to meet with Hamid Karzai, the mercurial president who has had a tumultuous relationship with the White House.