Obama Issues Order for More Troops in Afghanistan - NYTimes.com

News Type: Event — Seeded on Mon Nov 30, 2009 9:32 PM EST

Article Source: The New York Times

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The White House said Monday that President Obama had issued orders to send thousands of additional troops to Afghanistan, relaying his decision to military leaders late Sunday afternoon during a meeting in the Oval Office.

Mr. Obama spent Monday telephoning his foreign counterparts — including the leaders of Britain, France and Russia — informing them of details that he will announce in a nationally televised address on Tuesday night from the United States Military Academy at West Point.

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Rella

30,000 troops is pretty much what I've heard as an expected number. I've also heard that the troops will be ones that were originally slated to go to Iraq as replacements troops as some troops rotate home next year. So I guess that means as we grow our troop presence in Afghanistan, we will be drawing our presence down equally in Iraq. Almost has to be that way, since there are not a lot of extra troops that are available to deploy. I will be glad when both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are over.

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#1 - Mon Nov 30, 2009 9:46 PM EST

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