WASHINGTON (AP) — The big security meetings are over and President Barack Obama is close to announcing how he's decided to revamp U.S. strategy in Afghanistan. The White House says that announcement will be "within days." Military officials and others expect Obama to settle on a middle-ground option.

KABUL (AP) — Three people, including two children, have been killed by a bomb in an Afghan province on the border with Pakistan. The Interior Ministry says someone detonated a remote-controlled bomb hidden in a water truck in the eastern Afghan province of Khost. Three people were wounded in today's attack.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — The Pakistani military says troops have killed 18 militants in a fresh offensive against insurgents blamed for a wave of recent bombings in the northwestern city of Peshawar. Authorities claim a broadening campaign against al-Qaida and the Taliban close to the Afghan border has killed hundreds of militants.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford faces what could be the beginning of the end of his time in office today as a seven-member panel of the state House Judiciary Committee begins impeachment proceedings. Lawmakers say Sanford's summertime vanishing act and his tearful revelation that he was in Argentina for a tryst brought shame and ridicule to the state.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — It's a half-day of rest aboard the international space station/space shuttle complex after three successful spacewalks. This afternoon, the 12 space travelers will part company and close the hatches between them. Shuttle Atlantis will undock tomorrow. The seven shuttle astronauts will spend Thanksgiving getting ready for a Friday landing.