(NECN: Washington) - The general in charge of the war in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, is telling Congress that President Barack Obama’s new war strategy is achievable and that combat force levels can be reduced starting in the sum...
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(NECN: Washington) - Top Obama administration officials warned Congress this morning about "severe consequences for the United States and the world" if a troop surge fails to halt a Taliban takeover in Afghanistan. Last night, Obama ...
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(NECN: Camp Lejeune, N.C.) - The nation’s highest-ranking military officer, Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke with soldiers at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina this afternoon. Camp Lejeune is the Marine Corp...
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(NECN: West Point, NY) - President Obama addressed the nation from the United States Military Academy at West Point. He made the case that more troops are needed to finish the job in Afghanistan. The plan calls for the quick deployment of 30,0...
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(NECN/ABC) - There was no audience more receptive to President Obama’s speech last night than U.S. forces already on duty in Afghanistan. They are the ones putting their lives on the line for U.S. policy there, and they could use the extra he...
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(NECN: West Point, NY) - President Obama addressed the nation from the United States Military Academy at West Point. He made the case that more troops are needed to finish the job in Afghanistan. The plan calls for the quick deployment of 30,0...
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(NECN: Ally Donnelly) - President Obama will announce his new plan for Afghanistan tonight. It could have more troops on the ground by Christmas. A senior administration official tells The Associated Press that President Barack Obama is sendi...
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(NECN/ABC: Kabul, Afghanistan) - Deep in southern Afghanistan, Marines are trying to bring peace to an area they have never had enough troops to hold. For the third straight day, 1,000 Marines cleared areas of northern Helmand, where British ...
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(NECN: Washington) - The White House spokesman is saying President Barack Obama set a July 2011 date for the beginning of a U.S. troop withdrawal to make sure the Afghan government knows it has limited time to reform itself and take charge of secu...
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(NECN/Amateur video) - Security forces and pro-government militiamen clashed with protesters shouting "death to the dictator" outside Tehran University on Monday, beating men and women with batons and firing tear gas, on a day of ...
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(NECN: Greg Wayland) - Tomorrow night, President Barack Obama will tell America his plan for the war in Afghanistan. He has already given his orders to his top military and civilian advisers, during a White House meeting last night. Today, Oba...
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(NECN) - A soldier with ties to Massachusetts has been killed in Afghanistan. 34-year-old Staff Sergeant Matthew Pucino died Monday when his mounted patrol unit was hit by an IED. Pucino lived in Maryland, but grew up in the town of Plymou...
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