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To: LLCF who wrote (67779)	11/4/2013 4:06:19 PM
From: pcstel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

>Boy, look at it FINALLY going down under OBAMA!! Course WAY TOO SLOW…< Obama's Speech on Afghanistan Troop Surge: 'I Do Not Make This Decision Lightly' >Today, after extraordinary costs, we are bringing the Iraq war to a responsible end. We will remove our combat brigades from Iraq by the end of next summer, and all of our troops by the end of 2011< >Throughout this period, our troop levels in Afghanistan remained a fraction of what they were in Iraq. When I took office, we had just over 32,000 Americans serving in Afghanistan, compared to 160,000 in Iraq at the peak of the war. Commanders in Afghanistan repeatedly asked for support to deal with the reemergence of the Taliban, but these reinforcements did not arrive. That's why, shortly after taking office, I approved a long-standing request for more troops. < >This review is now complete. And as Commander-in-Chief, I have determined that it is in our vital national interest to send an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan. < And so it goes, PCSTEL