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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-17-09 04:22 PM
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Obama OKs more Afghan troops, sources say
Marines and additional Army brigade expected to deploy in coming months
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29242187/

President Barack Obama has signed off on an increase in U.S. forces for the flagging war in Afghanistan, defense and congressional officials said Tuesday.

The Obama administration is expected to announce by Wednesday that it will send one additional Army brigade and an unknown number of U.S. Marines to Afghanistan in coming months. One source says the total is about 17,000 troops.

That would be a down payment on a larger influx of U.S. forces that has been widely expected this year. It would get a few thousand forces in place in time for the increase in fighting that usually comes with warmer weather and ahead of national midyear elections.

Earlier Tuesday, Obama said the situation in Afghanistan "actually appears to be deteriorating at this point."
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