Monday, November 30, 2009

Obama orders 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan

This large U.S Army convoy was near Maidan Shar, Afghanistan, Monday (Associated Press photo).
WASHINGTON — In a rare Sunday meeting with military leaders in the Oval Office, President Obama ordered some 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. Obama plans to share this strategy Tuesday in a televised speech. Last week, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton asked the president of France to send an extra 1,500. Australia already has 1,550 troops there. -- The New York Times, Nov. 30, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/world/asia/01orders.html?_r=1&hp
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4 comments:

  1. Laura SweeneyNovember 30, 2009 at 2:10 PM

    We are still sending more troops to Afghanistan? Why doesn't Obama just let the people know why he does this when he announces it, why wait to do it on TV?

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  2. sarah derosierNovember 30, 2009 at 6:38 PM

    Is the war ever going to end? I agree that it's not a strong move to act and then explain. I hope he has a good reason!

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  3. Hannah SchottNovember 30, 2009 at 7:24 PM

    That is an amazing picture. Why was the Sunday meeting rare? I wonder what time the televised speech will be on TV tomorrow.

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  4. MNovember 30, 2009 at 8:45 PM

    yes! great picture!! I am not for sending more troops overseas. Its good to know though, that our boys arent the only ones being sent overseas.

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