John McCormack points to this piece in the New York Times, which says that former Secretary of State Colin Powell, Senator John Kerry and Senator Jack Reed are the three people outside of the administration “considered by White House aides to be most influential in” the current debate over how to proceed in Afghanistan. “All have expressed varying degrees of doubt about the prospect of sending more forces to Afghanistan,” the Times says. Powell “expressed skepticism” in a meeting with President Obama earlier this month. Where have I heard such skepticism before? Oh, that’s right — during the debate over the surge in Iraq. Here is CBS News on Secretary Powell’s December 2006 interview with Bob Schieffer on Face The Nation:

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