US President Barack Obama's new Afghan policy on Wednesday drew mixed reaction in the U.S. with leading Congressmen welcoming it, while several members of his own party were reluctant to support it, if not directly oppose it. Led by the Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representative, several US lawmakers welcomed the new policy announced by Obama, but a senior Democrat Senator Arlen Specter opposed President's decision to send 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan.<br/><br/>Another senior Democratic Senator from New Jersey, Robert Menendez, expressed his dissent by stating that he would have preferred exerting more pressure on Pakistan by the Obama Administration.<br/> <br/>Welcoming President Obama's new Afghan policy, the Chairman of the US Joint Chief of Staff Mullen said the decision to start withdrawing of troops from the war-torn country in 18 months is not an exit, but it is a strategy of transfer and transition. Mr Mullen said US forces will be focused on a counterinsurgency, population-centric mode. He said, he key goal is to reverse the momentum of the Taliban.<br/>