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TROOP NUMBERS: Obama to let Pentagon deploy even more troops, but numbers remain murky (Post, December 3, 2009) Obama: U.S. security is still at stake: AFGHAN WAR TO ESCALATE
30,000 more troops; pullout begins mid-2011 (Post, December 2, 2009) Analysis: With speech, president makes the conflict truly his own (Post, December 2, 2009) ANALYSIS: With narrower military goals, Obama ups the ante (Post, December 2, 2009) The puzzle for Congress: How to pay for plan (Post, December 2, 2009) Obama puts his popularity on the (battle) line (By Tom Shales, December 2, 2009) A test for the blocks needed to rebuild a nation (Post, December 1, 2009) 34,000 troops will be sent to Afghanistan: OBAMA DETAILS PLAN FOR ALLIES
Other nations to be asked for more forces (Post, December 1, 2009) Your chance to help the philanthropist in chief (By Al Kamen, November 30, 2009) Newly deployed Marines to target Taliban bastion: RENEWED FOCUS ON HELMAND
Obama expected to give war plan in speech (Post, November 29, 2009) Australian leader will visit Obama: President to ask Rudd for more troops in Afghanistan (Post, November 28, 2009) Holiday in Afghanistan: Some troops get turkey, others get MREs, but everyone gets a tiny taste of Thanksgiving (Post, November 27, 2009) McChrystal saying little about delay on troops: Obama is engaged in 'thoughtful process,' general tells lawmakers (Post, November 27, 2009) President vs. party on troop increase: Caucus wouldn't back a costly expansion of Afghan war (Post, November 26, 2009) War speech to outline escalation and exit: Obama set to address nation next week on his Afghanistan plan (Post, November 25, 2009) McChrystal and U.S. ambassador to testify on Afghanistan war: Obama, advisers confer again; troop decision may come next week (Post, November 24, 2009) Afghanistan investigating 5 current and former cabinet members (Post, November 24, 2009) Afghanistan investigating 5 current and former cabinet members (Post, November 24, 2009) Fine Print: Bad Karzai, good Karzai (Post, November 24, 2009) The Sunday Take: Partisan divide widens as Obama considers Afghanistan policy (Post, November 22, 2009) As deployment nears, nerves fray: For some in platoon that lost three in on-base attack, anxiety is heightened (Post, November 21, 2009) Poll finds guarded optimism on Obama's Afghanistan plan (Post, November 18, 2009) U.S. gives tour of new Afghan detention center: Military calls complex an improvement for detainees' conditions (Post, November 16, 2009) In eastern Afghanistan, a vital road-building mission: French and Afghan troops move to secure a dangerous area (Post, November 16, 2009) Afghan roadside bombs a new priority for U.S.: Defense secretary stresses differences from devices in Iraq (Post, November 15, 2009)