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Agencies prep Obama for 'tourniquet' on Afghanistan

 
Many military leaders seek a new strategy to deal with the growing violence and advances by the Taliban and other extremists. > The Pentagon and U.S. national security officials are transmitting a battery of new information about the Afghanistan war to President-elect Barack Obama's transition team in hopes that the incoming administration will act quickly to prevent U.S. fortunes there from eroding further. (link)

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