Jan 13

AP Exclusive: Obama wants $33 billion more for war 
    (AP)

AP – The Obama administration plans to ask Congress for an additional $33 billion to fight unpopular wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, on top of a record request for $708 billion for the Defense Department next year, The Associated Press has learned. Read the rest of this entry »

Dec 3

US troops hopeful Obama plan will wind down war 
    (AP)

AP – U.S. service members in Afghanistan said President Barack Obama’s decision to send 30,000 more troops offered hope that they can go home — if the reinforcements can build up the Afghan army to protect civilians against the Taliban. Read the rest of this entry »

Dec 3

US troops hopeful Obama plan will wind down war 
    (AP)

AP – U.S. service members in Afghanistan said President Barack Obama’s decision to send 30,000 more troops offered hope that they can go home — if the reinforcements can build up the Afghan army to protect civilians against the Taliban. Read the rest of this entry »

Dec 1

Obama to send 30,000 troops in swift Afghan surge 
    (AFP)

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

9,000 Marines to Helmand after Obama speech: report 
    (AFP)

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 29

9,000 Marines to Helmand after Obama speech: report 
    (AFP)

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 29

9,000 Marines to Helmand after Obama speech: report 
    (AFP)

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 27

Obama vows to 'finish the job' in Afghanistan 
    (AFP)

AFP – President Barack Obama vowed to “finish the job” in Afghanistan as he finalizes a decision on deploying tens of thousands more US troops to turn around the war against the Taliban. Read the rest of this entry »

Nov 25

Obama vows to 'finish the job' in Afghanistan 
    (AFP)

AFP – President Barack Obama vowed to “finish the job” in Afghanistan as he finalizes a decision on deploying tens of thousands more US troops to turn around the war against the Taliban. Read the rest of this entry »

Nov 24

Obama promises to 'finish the job' in Afghanistan 
    (AP)

AP – Signaling he’s decided on new troop levels for the Afghanistan war, President Barack Obama said Tuesday he intends to “finish the job” on his watch and destroy terrorist networks in the region. Read the rest of this entry »

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