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Obama to Send 17,000 More Troops to Afghanistan

In a Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008 file photo, Afghans are seen over the graves of family members allegedly killed on August 22, 2008 during a US led raid in Azizabad village of Shindand district of Herat province west of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Fraidoon Pooyaa) WASHINGTON - President Obama will send an additional 17,000 American troops to Afghanistan this spring and summer in the first major military move of his presidency, White House officials said on Tuesday.

The increase would come on top of 36,000 American troops already there, making for an increase of nearly 50 percent. In issuing the order, Mr. Obama is choosing a middle ground, addressing urgent requests from commanders who have been pressing for reinforcements while postponing a more difficult judgment on a much larger increase in personnel that the commanders have been seeking.

Posted in War/Empire, Afghanistan