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A yellow ribbon adorns a tree at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., in recognition of troops serving overseas.
Culminating with a speech to cadets at West Point, President Obama announced Tuesday that he will send 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan by next summer and begin withdrawing forces in July 2011 after nearly a decade of battle. (Julie Jacobson/associated Press)

As Senators prepare to cast their first votes on health-care reform, Democrats increasingly expressed optimism that they would succeed in passing a bill before Christmas.

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A small Minn. firm asks the court to declare unconstitutional a law meant to prevent bankruptcy abuse, but the firm claims interferes with its First Amendment rights.

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Costs: By the numbers (Post, December 2, 2009)

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Obama to send 34,000 troops to Afghanistan:  OBAMA DETAILS PLAN FOR ALLIES
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