Sen. Clinton’s delegation meets with president

? Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton ate breakfast with soldiers from New York and Indiana on Sunday at the main U.S. base in Afghanistan before meeting with the top American general in Afghanistan and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, officials said.

Clinton, a Democrat from New York who is considering running for president, came from Iraq with Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., and Rep. John McHugh, R-N.Y. All three are members of armed services committees.

Some 23,000 U.S. soldiers are in Afghanistan, about half under NATO command and half under control of the U.S.-led coalition. Clinton has said she wants to see more troops sent to Afghanistan, without saying how many.

Gen. Karl Eikenberry, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, gave Clinton and her colleagues an update on the security situation, including the pace of reconstruction and the progress of Afghan army and police training, said Col. Tom Collins, a U.S. military spokesman.