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Obama: 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan by summer
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is dispatching 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, accelerating a risky and expensive war buildup, even as he assures the nation that U.S. forces will begin coming home in July 2011. The first new Marines will join the fight by Christmas.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan U.S. People:Dick Cheney Hamid Karzai Russ Feingold Carl Levin Barack Obama John McCain Activities:Afghan Terror War
2009-12-01
Marines to be first wave in new Afghanistan plan
WASHINGTON - New infusions of U.S. Marines will begin moving into Afghanistan almost as soon as President Barack Obama announces a redrawn battle strategy, a plan widely expected to include more than 30,000 additional U.S. forces.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan India Denmark Poland Russia People:Kevin Rudd Hamid Karzai Barack Obama Activities:Afghan Terror War
2009-12-01
Things to watch for in Obama's speech
Barack Obama will make one of the most consequential - and controversial - speeches of his presidency Tuesday night when he announces he'll send 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan over the next six months. The White House calls it an "accelerated" push to beat back gains by the Taliban and root out al-Qaida.
Nations:Pakistan Afghanistan People:Hamid Karzai Barack Obama Michael Moore Hillary Clinton Richard Lugar Activities:Obama Admin. Afghan Terror War
2009-12-01
Obama sets new Afghan strategy, briefs allies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday prepared to announce he will deploy about 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan as part of a new strategy that aims to lay the ground for an eventual withdrawal.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan People:Kevin Rudd Nicolas Sarkozy Silvio Berlusconi Gordon Brown Hamid Karzai Joseph Biden Activities:Obama Admin. Afghan Terror War
2009-11-30
Obama to detail big troop increase in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - After months of debate, President Barack Obama will spell out a costly Afghanistan war expansion to a skeptical public Tuesday night, coupling an infusion of as many as 35,000 more troops with a vow that there will be no endless U.S. commitment. His first orders have already been made: at least one group of Marines who will be in place by Christmas.
Nations:Pakistan India Denmark Poland Russia Afghanistan People:Dick Cheney Kevin Rudd Nicolas Sarkozy Gordon Brown Hamid Karzai Barack Obama Activities:Obama Admin. Afghan Terror War
2009-11-30
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