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Gates to give Obama Afghan troop plan in days

 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates will give President Barack Obama his formal recommendation on new U.S. troop deployments to Afghanistan within days, the Pentagon said on Thursday. (link)

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