Obama: Move on Afghan troops won’t be political

US PRESIDENT Barack Obama warned of “serious issues” over the disputed Afghan elections and said North Korea’s Kim Jong-Il seemed “healthy and in control”, in a media blitz yesterday ahead of a week of international summitry.

Obama blanketed US Sunday talk shows, to push his under-fire healthcare reform plan and cautioned that despite raging debate over a possible request by the military for more troops by Afghanistan, his decision would not be driven by politics.

The president’s media offensive came a day before he is due to head to New York for his debut United Nations General Assembly as president, and the G20 economic crisis summit of developed and developing nations later in the week in Pittsburgh.