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• No More, Mr. President.

  
  Night Bird's Fountain — Authority: 118
  President Barack Obama will try to sell his reasons to the American public tonight for adding 30,000 more troops, at a estimated cost of $1 million per year for each additional soldier sent , as part of a new counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan. Yet another mess left to the new administration when the last ...
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• President Obamas West Point Speech: Major Escalation In the Afghan War To Start Immediately

  
  War News Updates — Authority: 458
  EAGLE STRIKE - Smoke rises from a cave in eastern Afghanistan after being bombed by U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft crews assigned to the 335th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, which is based at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Nov. 26, 2009. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Michael B. Keller 34,000 ...
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• On the Eve of Afghanistan Announcement, Some European Thoughts.

  
  The Moderate Voice — Authority: 725
  On the eve of President Obama’s address to the nation outlining his strategy for Afghanistan, the news wires and blogs are brimming with both facts and speculation about what the president will say. There have been sufficient leaks to make it a very fair speculation that “about 30,000” additional troops will be ...
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• Newly deployed Marines to target Taliban bastion

  
  NWOTruth — Authority: 144
  Obama expected to give war plan in speechKABUL — Days after President Obama outlines his new war strategy in a speech Tuesday, as many as 9,000 Marines will begin final preparations to deploy to southern Afghanistan and renew an assault on a Taliban stronghold that slowed this year amid a troop shortage and ...
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• If we run out of bombs…Drop the fat pant load

  
  Written on the Wind — Authority: 142
  Drop the FAT pantload Is Sarah Palin Qualified to Squeeze the Cheese? Traveling Naked Avoid a fat head It is better to be drunk than wasted How to Travel Naked Beer Alert A Constellation of Idiots It is Better to be Drunk than Wasted Texas Toast Going GaGa! GooGoo GaGa Oct 31 is ...
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• K.T. McFarland asks the pertinent questions on Afghanistan

  
  The Conservative Beacon — Authority: 127
  K.T. McFarland, a national security expert, has a fantastic piece out today at Human Events. In it, she makes many of the same points I’ve made on Afghanistan over the last year. I encourage you to read the full article here.
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• Quote du Jour: How Low Can Steve Go?

  
  liberal catnip — Authority: 128
  Via The TO Star : PORT OF SPAIN–Prime Minister Stephen Harper took a partisan shot at his opposition critics while touring the HMCS Quebec in Trinidad-Tobago Sunday. The Canadian ship and navy officers are helping with security for the Commonwealth summit. Harper, in brief comments to the Canadians, was ...
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• Obama to detail big troop increase in Afghanistan (AP)

  
  Northloop Neighborhoods - Community News & Directory — Authority: 166
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• Obama Issues Order for More Troops in Afghanistan

  
  NWOTruth — Authority: 144
  WASHINGTON — President Obama has issued his order to send more troops to Afghanistan, communicating his decision to military leaders late Sunday afternoon during a meeting in the Oval Office, and will spend Monday speaking with foreign leaders to share with them the broad outlines of his new strategy, the White ...
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• Open Letter from Michael Moore to President Obama

  
  Enough is Enough — Authority: 113
  I got this in my email digest from Common Dreams today. I’m going to quote it in full to save you the trouble of clicking the link, and because I agree with everything he says. Dear President Obama, Do you really want to be the new “war president”? If you go to West Point tomorrow night (Tuesday, 8pm) and ...
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• Gibbs Offers Preview of Obamas Speech on Afghanistan

  
  Today With President Barack Obama — Authority: 152
  Obama has informed Stanley McChrystal of the plan--not the other way around: Obama finalized the orders during a meeting with advisers including Vice President Joe Biden, Adm. Mike Mullen, Gens. James Cartwright and David Petraeus, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. Immediately afterward, ...
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• Obama’s Decision on Afghanistan, Part 1

  
  Civilianism News — Authority: 131
  This Tuesday night we get to hear how Obama will increase a pointless war by infusing it with thousands of soldiers, and spend billions and billions more of our money (and China’s money) not on the United States, but on fighting this pointless war.  There is no reason to be fighting this war in Afghanistan [...]
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• Britain to Send 500 More Troops to Afghanistan

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 905
  Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that Britain will send 500 additional troops to Afghanistan in early December, raising the number of British troops there to 10,000.
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• Obama Reality TV Rewind

  
  Charlotte Conservative Blog — Authority: 423
  Well after 4 months responding to the needs of the military commander he personally picked, Obama has finally decided to make a decision. Call the camera crews, call CNN and NBC, hold a press conference about the press conference, call the makeup artist, warmup Air Force One, get someone to write a speech and put it ...
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• Article Title Unknown

  
  Bildungblog — Authority: 450
  Do you think these Obama supporters would have been standing out in the cold and rain had they known that, one year later, President Obama would be sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan?
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• Obama Issues Order for More Troops in Afghanistan

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 905
  A large U.S Army vehicle convoy near the town of Maidan Shar, Afghanistan on Monday.
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• Tiger, Say It Aint So! [News Bits]

  
  Northloop Neighborhoods - Community News & Directory — Authority: 166
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• Obama Issues Marching Orders on Afghanistan War Strategy

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 458
  Top military and diplomatic officials got their marching orders Sunday evening from President Obama ahead of a planned speech Tuesday in which hes expected to outline his new Afghanistan war strategy and call for about 30,000 more U.S. troops to be sent to the war zone. 
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• Afghanistan: The “Dithering” Ends. The Soldiering Begins—Follow-Up

  
  The Moderate Voice — Authority: 725
  In my “ Afghanistan: The ‘Dithering’ Ends. The Soldiering Begins ,” on president Obama’s Afghanistan address to the nation tomorrow night, I said, “President Obama’s deliberations and decisions, however, have gone far beyond just numbers.” I mentioned a few highlights on strategy, goals, benchmarks, ...
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• Prepare for the Great Republican Balk

  
  Today With President Barack Obama — Authority: 152
  Obama will talk about timetables and benchmarks in his address tomorrow at 5 pm eastern, and I think most Americans want to hear him talk about how this war ends. Id also like to hear Obama explain why we need to be there. Connect the dots. How does being there prevent a terrorist event in the U.S.? But when it comes ...
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