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Obama seeks $33 billion for Afghanistan troop rise

President Barack Obama will ask the Congress on Monday for an additional $33 billion in the current 2010 fiscal year to fund a troop increase in Afghanistan, the White House said.

 

Pentagon orders 16,000 troops to start surge

The first wave of President Obama's new Afghanistan surge will add about 16,000 U.S. troops who got their orders over the past ...

 

NATO allies commit 7,000 more troops to Afghanistan

NATO allies commit 7,000 more troops to Afghanistan

NATO said on Friday 25 countries had pledged a total of around 7,000 more troops to support the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, following President Barack Obama's commitment of 30,000 extra U.S. troops.

 

Obama to commit 34,000 troops

Obama to commit 34,000 troops

Officials say new deployments will bring total U.S. force in Afghanistan to more than 100,000.

 

AP source: U.S. envoy objects to troop increase

AP source: U.S. envoy objects to troop increase

The U.S. envoy in Afghanistan, a former Army general who once commanded troops in the country, has objected strongly to emerging ...

 

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