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Obama adviser urges caution on extra Afghan troops

Source: Chicago Tribune
Berlin : Germany | 17 days ago  
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Afghanistan, that an increase of about 40,000 troops was needed. "Generals always ask for more troops," Jones said. "I believe we will not solve the problem with troops alone...But there is no maximum number, however. "You can keep on putting troops in, and you could have 200,000 troops there and Afghanistan...
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  • News Source: Press TV | 16 days ago
    President Barack Obama's national security adviser, James Jones, said, "You can keep on putting troops in, and you could have 200,000 troops there and Afghanistan will swallow them up as it has done in the past," Der Spiegel reported. Speaking to the...
  • News Source: Chicago Tribune | 17 days ago
    Afghanistan, that an increase of about 40,000 troops was needed. "Generals always ask for more troops," Jones said. "I believe we will not solve the problem with troops alone...But there is no maximum number, however. "You can keep on putting...
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    Bratislava, approved a plan to focus the strategy in Afghanistan on protecting civilians from Taliban attacks while accelerating the training of Afghan security forces. S that, while international troops suffer increasing casualties, training too is...
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    If Obama chooses the counter-terrorism strategy, then troop numbers should be based upon how many are needed to support security operations, direct action raids to kill or capture insurgents, and to train the Afghan National Security ...
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    President Barack Obama met last October 30 with his top military commanders to discuss US strategy in Afghanistan as he considers whether to send thousands of.
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