Reason Morning Links: Afghan Troop Surge Numbers Already Increasing, Stimulus Waste, Corporate Gender Quotas in France

• Obama already having difficulty selling timetable for Afghan troops withdrawal; total surge may be closer to 35,000 than the 30,000 he promised.
• Only in Washington: Federal government paying contractors stimulus money to help the government spend the stimulus money.
• Iranian government threatening the families of critics and dissidents abroad.
• White House invokes executive privilege to keep Obama social secretary Desiree Rogers from testifying before Congress.
• French law pushed by President Sarkozy's party would mandate that women make up half of executive boardrooms by 2015.