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mcclatchydc.com - 28 days ago

Obama leaning toward 34,000 more troops for Afghanistan

— mcclatchydc.com — By Jonathan S. Landay, John Walcott and Nancy A. Youssef | McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON President Barack Obama... is nearing a decision to send more than 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan next year, but he may not announce it until after ... (more) Obama leaning toward 34,000 more troops for Afghanistan

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mcclatchydc.com - 27 days ago

Obama leaning toward 34,000 more troops for Afghanistan

— mcclatchydc.com — WASHINGTON President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to send more than 30,000 additional U.S. troops to... Afghanistan next year, but he may not announce it until after he consults with key allies and completes a trip to Asia later this month, ... (more) Obama leaning toward 34,000 more troops for Afghanistan

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mudvillegazette.com - 11/4/2009

Plan B

— mudvillegazette.com — Al Jazeera : Hamid Karzai listened to a mixture of congratulations and straight talking down the telephone... from President Obama on Monday just hours after Mr. Karzai was declared the winner of the Afghan elections by default. President Obama made clear what the United States expects.  ... (more) Plan B

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Reason Morning Links: UN Pulls Staff From Afghanistan, American Officials Convicted in Italy, Cash for Clunkers Post-Mortem
Hit & Run — ... U.N. pulls half its international staff out of Afghanistan after attack that left five workers dead. Italian court convicts 23 Americans in the abduction and rendition of a Muslim cleric. Speaking of rendition, former U.K. ambassador says CIA sent suspects to Uzbekistan to be "raped with broken bottles," among other atrocities. The GOP: It's Mike Huckabee's party, now. Most common cash for clunkers trade was old pick-up trucks for new ones with only ...

United Nations Pulls Half Its Staff After Deadly Attack In Afghanistan
Politics Daily — ... The U.N. said the move was temporary, with most of the workers being moved for up to a month to more secure locations while safer housing can be located. It was unclear how many employees would actually leave the country, the Associated Press reported. ...