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Published 12/5/2008 at Yahoo! News: Politics News
AP - A top U.S officer says the military is beginning a massive building effort in Afghanistan to house the roughly 20,000 additional troops, including an undetermined increase in Marines, that are expected to begin pouring in early next year.
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