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Putting Stamp on Afghan War, Obama Will Send 17,000 Troops

Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines found this 2/17/2009 on nytimes.com

WASHINGTON -- President Obama said Tuesday that he would send an additional 17,000 American troops to Afghanistan this spring and summer, putting his stamp firmly on a war that he has long complained is going in the wrong direction. The order will add nearly 50 percent to the 36,000 American ...