Nov 30 2009

Obama to detail big troop increase in Afghanistan (AP)

Obama to detail big troop increase in Afghanistan
(AP)

U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington October 7, 2009. Obama faces pressure from fellow Democrats, opposition Republicans and the international community even before he announces long-awaited plans on Tuesday for a big U.S. troop increase in Afghanistan. REUTERS/Jim Young/FilesAP – 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.

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