In the Loop By Al Kamen
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President Obama is finally set to announce his Afghanistan plan. He's likely to call Tuesday night for what used to be called an escalation, and is now called a "surge," of about 30,000 troops in that mess of a country.
 
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A respectfully respectful greeting in Japan (By Al Kamen, November 20, 2009)
 
It's official: The C Street house is not a church (By Al Kamen, November 18, 2009)
 
Whose red tape is it, anyway? (By Al Kamen, November 16, 2009)
 
No monkey business around Ms. Goodall (By Al Kamen, November 13, 2009)
 
Just what we need: A FEMA for Afghanistan (By Al Kamen, November 11, 2009)
 
Spy vs. spy, or at least wannabe vs. wannabe, on Facebook (By Al Kamen, November 4, 2009)
 
All those Afghans, give or take a few million (By Al Kamen, November 2, 2009)
 
800 pounds of love for Hillary, in search of a home (By Al Kamen, October 30, 2009)
 
: Big money conferences, big-money locations (By Al Kamen, October 28, 2009)
 
Shifting tides around Cuba (By Al Kamen, October 26, 2009)
 
Donors and cronies still get the choice postings (By Al Kamen, October 23, 2009)
 
Good morning, -stans! Well, maybe at some point . . . (By Al Kamen, October 21, 2009)
 
Reasonable people can disagree on whatever it was (By Al Kamen, October 19, 2009)
 
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