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Request for additional troops goes to Obama

Washington : DC : USA | about 1 month ago  
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Afghanistan has been transferred to President Barack Obama and has started working its way through the military chain of command, the Pentagon said. It remains unclear how soon Obama will act on the request, which General Stanley McChrystal submitted to
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  • News Source: National Public Radio | about 1 month ago
    Intense debate is under way in Washington about what direction the U.S. should take in the war in Afghanistan. But it's now looking unlikely that President Obama will back the major troop increase that his top commander in Afghanistan is calling for.
  • News Source: The Frontier Post | about 1 month ago
    Afghanistan has been transferred to President Barack Obama and has started working its way through the military chain of command, the Pentagon said. It remains unclear how soon Obama will act on the request, which General Stanley McChrystal submitted...
  • News Source: CNN | about 1 month ago
    As tensions mount over the best way forward in Afghanistan, top aides say President Obama is adamant about coming up with a new plan before deciding on troop levels. Rising violence and the resurgence of Taliban and al Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan...
  • News Source: Inter Press Service | about 1 month ago
    President Barack Obama has been no stranger to being in the crosshairs of Republican pundits who have accused him of everything from bring a "secret communist" to a tax-and-spend liberal who would oversee huge expansions in the federal government.
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  • Blog Source: politic.usa.free.fr
    As tensions mount over the best way forward in Afghanistan, top aides say President Obama is adamant about coming up with a new plan before deciding on troop.
  • Blog Source: politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com
    Meanwhile: On the eighth anniversary of the U.S. invastion of Afghanistan, President Obama met again Wednesday with advisers at the White House as they hash out Obama's next steps in the war torn country. ...
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    They argue that Obama made a hash out of his effort to bring the Olympics here by making a case that was Obama-centric rather than America or Chicago-centric. They also note that he relied too much on his own popularity and charm, ...
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