WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and the nation’s top military officer laid out a muscular defense of President Obama’s decision to send 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan on Capitol Hill on Wednesday morning, but senators of both parties objected to major parts of the new strategy.
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WEST POINT, N.Y. — President Obama announced Tuesday that he would speed 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan in coming months, but he vowed to start bringing American forces home in the middle of 2011, saying the United States could not afford and should not have to shoulder an open-ended commitment. Promising that he could “bring this war to a successful conclusion,” Mr
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Obama Adds Troops to Afghanistan, but Maps Exit Plan
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It was easily one of the 50 most important speeches Barack Obama will ever give: Tonight, he made the case for why he’s sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. (Oh, and terrorists
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WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama says the war in Afghanistan is not lost as he announces he will send another 30,000 U.S. troops to fight it.
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Obama calls for surge and timed withdrawal in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON — President Obama plans to announce Tuesday night that he will begin to transition American forces out of Afghanistan beginning in July 2011, setting the first time frame to wind down the war there nearly a decade after the United States first sent troops in to topple the Taliban government, senior administration officials said. Mr. Obama will set the drawdown goal even as he orders another 30,000 troops to deploy to Afghanistan over the next six months in an effort to reverse the momentum of Taliban insurgents fighting to regain control of the country
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Pullout from Afghanistan to begin in 2011; McCain Balks
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WASHINGTON — President Obama plans to announce Tuesday night that he will begin to transition American forces out of Afghanistan beginning in July 2011, setting the first time frame to wind down the war there nearly a decade after the United States first sent troops in to topple the Taliban government, a senior administration official said.
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Pullout from Afghanistan to begin in 2011
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Osama bin Laden was “within the grasp” of US forces in late 2001 but escaped because then-defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld rejected calls for reinforcements, a hard-hitting US Senate report says.
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Senate report: Rumsfeld decision let Bin Laden escape
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WASHINGTON — The United States is scrambling to coax NATO allies to send 10,000 additional troops to Afghanistan as part of President Obama’s strategy for the region. NATO members and other foreign allies have expressed reluctance to send more soldiers because of the Afghan war’s growing unpopularity in their countries and increasing concerns over corruption in President Hamid Karzai’s government. The Obama administration views a substantial contribution from its allies as a way to keep the American troop increase lower and blunt domestic political criticism of the Afghan war
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Military prosecutors say they will charge Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan with 13 counts of premeditated murder, a government official told NBC News. An announcement will be made later Thursday during a press conference at Fort Hood, officials said
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The evolution of CNN anchor Lou Dobbs from financial news wizard to populist defender of American jobs to right-wing promoter of “birther” conspiracies appears to have come to an abrupt end with his announcement Wednesday evening that he's leaving the network to “pursue new opportunities.” “This will be my last broadcast here on CNN, where I've worked for most of the past 30 years,” Dobbs told an unsuspecting audience on Lou Dobbs Tonight. added by: SleepDirt 31 comments
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