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Rudolph W. Giuliani talks about his health-care plan during a campaign appearance in Rochester, N.H.
(By Jim Cole -- Associated Press)
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FIGHTING TERRORISM
Obama to Stress Focus
On Afghanistan, Pakistan
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) will propose deploying two additional U.S. brigades to Afghanistan in a speech this morning in Washington mapping out his approach to combating terrorism, an adviser said.
Obama will "talk forthrightly" about the need to take action across the border in Pakistan if U.S. intelligence officials think they have actionable intelligence about terrorist activity, the adviser said.
Obama intends to underscore what he argues is one of President Bush's greatest failings -- his inability to capture Osama bin Laden -- by proposing higher troop levels in the region. Obama will also propose doubling U.S. military aid to Afghanistan and putting restrictions in military aid to Pakistan, making it conditional on keeping ungoverned regions, particularly Waziristan, under tight control, the adviser said.
The speech appears designed to help build Obama's credentials on foreign policy. It also comes at a time when he is being pressed by Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and her surrogates on his readiness to perform on the world stage.
-- Anne E. Kornblut
HEALTH CARE
