Obama to detail big troop increase in Afghanistan (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Mon, 11/30/2009 - 6:12pm

U.S.<br /><br />President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington October 7, 2009. Obama faces pressure from fellow Democrats, opposition Republicans and the international community even before he announces long-awaited plans on Tuesday for a big U.S. troop increase in Afghanistan.<br /><br />REUTERS/Jim Young/FilesAP - After months of debate, President Barack Obama will spell out a costly Afghanistan war expansion to a skeptical public Tuesday night, coupling an infusion of as many as 35,000 more troops with a vow that there will be no endless U.S. commitment.

His first orders have already been made: at least one group of Marines who will be in place by Christmas.




 

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