US President Barack Obama is expected to announce next Tuesday the deployment of tens of thousands more troops to Afghanistan in order to complete the mission there. From Washington he insisted his decision will help to avoid the mistakes of the past, saying: ...
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WSJ’s Michael Phillips reports from Kandahar with an exclusive look at how the Obama administration's Afghanistan strategy will be carried out on the ground. He's joined by Jerry Seib in Washington and Alan Murray in New York, in a News Hub extra.
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11/24/09: Signaling he’s decided on new troop levels for the Afghanistan war, President Barack Obama said Tuesday he intends to 'finish the job' on his watch and destroy terrorist networks in the region.
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President Barack Obama is expected to send in 34,000 additional troops — less than his top commander wants, but more than some of the president’s allies want. Video courtesy of Fox News.
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(NECN: Scot Yount, Bourne, Mass.) - Determined to "finish the job", President Obama nears a decision on Afghanistan. Troop levels are the focus of the new strategy. The president’s next move is being watched closely by military ...
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President Barack Obama will announce his plans for Afghanistan sometime next week. WSJ Washington Editor Jerry Seib says listen for what Mr. Obama says about how long troops will stay there.
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