US prepares for Karzai visit to Washington

US prepares for Karzai visit to Washington
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
10/05/2010 19:49

WASHINGTON— Afghan President Hamid Karzai will spend four days in Washington starting Monday selling Americans on the notion that his country is not a lost cause. The leader of the House of Representatives, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who was visiting Afghanistan on Sunday, said Karzai will be received in Washington with "great dignity, great friendship and great candor."