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12 2nd, 2009| 
Dec
2
AFP – A special tax? War bonds like those that fueled the US military in World War II? A spending freeze? US lawmakers wondered aloud Tuesday how to pay for a new “surge” in Afghanistan. Read the rest of this entry »
Dec
1
AFP – President Barack Obama will on Tuesday announce he is sending 30,000 more US troops to Afghanistan within six months in a swift surge but limit the duration of their deployment, a US official said. Read the rest of this entry »
Dec
1
AFP – President Barack Obama will Tuesday announce a swift six-month surge of 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, but sketch an “end game” to the war by saying an exit strategy will begin within three years. Read the rest of this entry »
Dec
1
AFP – The US military will deploy up to 9,000 Marines to Afghanistan’s Helmand province — doubling US presence there — in the days after President Barack Obama’s war strategy announcement this week, the Washington Post said Saturday. Read the rest of this entry »
Nov
30
Reuters – Britain will send 500 more soldiers to Afghanistan in December as part of a broader surge in NATO-led troop levels to tackle worsening violence and train Afghan forces, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Monday. Read the rest of this entry »
Nov
30
AP – U.S. Ambassador John Roos, making his first trip to the southern island of Okinawa, urged Japan on Monday to honor an agreement to relocate a major U.S. Marine base. Read the rest of this entry »
Nov
30
We reminded you recently about the opportunity to sponsor Christmas wreaths to decorate the graves of our nation’s veterans at Arlington National Cemetery and more than 400 state and national cemeteries across the country.
The deadline for you to participate by sponsoring a wreath is this Wednesday, December 2. For only $15, you can donate a wreath to decorate the grave of a brave service member who gave his all in the service of our country. Read the rest of this entry »
Nov
30
AP – As President Barack Obama prepares to announce a new blueprint for the war in Afghanistan, the leading Senate Democrat on military matters says any plan to significantly expand U.S. troop levels must show how those reinforcements will help increase the number of Afghan security forces. Read the rest of this entry »