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Barack Obama: “I have determined that it is in our vital national interest to send an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan.”

On the recordNovember 30, 2009
I have determined that it is in our vital national interest to send an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

President Obama explains his decision to increase troop levels in Afghanistan.

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