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    Obama Official Denies Report of 40k More Troops for Afghanistan
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    The report that President Obama had decided to send 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan is false, according to his national security adviser. "Reports that President Obama has made a decision about Afghanistan are absolutely false ... Any reports to the contrary are completely untrue and come from uninformed sources." The AP reports the number will not be quite 40,000, as CBS reported. Full Article at TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime
    Reports that President Obama has made a decision about Afghanistan are absolutely false ... Any reports to the contrary are completely untrue and come from uninformed sources.
    SOURCE: TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime 3 weeks ago

Recent Photos From The Wire

  1. The coffin of British soldier Darren Chant is carried out of the Guard's Chapel following his funeral in London December 1, 2009. Warrant Officer Chant, Regimental Sergeant Major, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, was killed on duty in Afghanistan on November 3.
  2. A soldier from Golf Battery 4th 317 stands atop a vehicle as they prepare to go out on night patrol at Forward Operating Base Airborne, near the town of Maidan Shar, Wardak province, Afghanistan Tuesday Dec. 1, 2009. In the next hours, President Barack Obama will outline his Afghan war strategy speech at the West Point military academy.
  3. The coffin of British soldier Darren Chant is carried out of the Guard's Chapel following his funeral in London December 1, 2009. Warrant Officer Chant, Regimental Sergeant Major, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, was killed on duty in Afghanistan on November 3.
  4. Finland's Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb reads documents during the 17th Ministerial Council of the Organisation for Security and Organisation in Europe (OCSE) in Athens December 1, 2009. Foreign ministers from Europe's main security organisation will try to work out a response to Russia's proposal for a new Euro-Atlantic security pact at a meeting in Athens on Tuesday and Wednesday.
  5. LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 01: A general view of Younes El Aynaoui of Morocco serving to Stefan Edberg of Sweden during day one of the AEGON Masters Tennis at the Royal Albert Hall on December 1, 2009 in London, England.
  6. A lady walks in front of an art piece called "Tide" by Darren Almond during the press preview of "Earth: Art of a changing world" at the Royal Academy of Art in London December 1, 2009. The exhibition of new and recent works by a broad range of contemporary artists across a wide range of media aims to reflect the impact of climate change.
  7. NEW YORK - DECEMBER 1: Pedestrians walk in front of NBC Studios on 50th Street on December 1, 2009 in New York City. General Electric is poised to buy Vivendi's NBC Universal stake.
  8. A lady poses behind a piece called "Heart of Darkness" by Cornelia Parker during the press preview of "Earth: Art of a changing world" at the Royal Academy of Art in London December 1, 2009. The exhibition of new and recent works by a broad range of contemporary artists across a wide range of media aims to reflect the impact of climate change.
  9. NEW YORK - DECEMBER 1: A pedestrian walks in front of NBC Studios on 50th Street on December 1, 2009 in New York City. General Electric is poised to buy Vivendi's NBC Universal stake.
  10. RICHMOND UPON THAMES, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 01: Andy Powell of Wales and the Barbarians poses for a portrait on December 1, 2009 in Richmond upon Thames, England.
  11. Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai gestures during an interview with Reuters in Budapest December 1, 2009.
  12. A soldier from Golf Battery 4th 317 stands atop a vehicle as they prepare to go out on night patrol at Forward Operating Base Airborne, near the town of Maidan Shar, Wardak province, Afghanistan Tuesday Dec. 1, 2009. In the next hours, President Obama will outline his Afghan war strategy speech at the West Point military academy.
  13. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 01: Bondi Lifeguards 'Deano' and 'Hoppo' arrives for the 2009 MTV Summer Party at the Hyde Park Barracks on December 1, 2009 in Sydney, Australia.
  14. RICHMOND UPON THAMES, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 01: Morne Steyn of South Africa and the Barbarians poses for a portrait on December 1, 2009 in Richmond upon Thames, England.
  15. Spc. Christopher Kane from Sneausferry, N.C., watches as his buddies from Golf Battery 4th 317, prepare their vehicles to go on night patrol at Forward Operating Base Airborne, near the town of Maidan Shar, Wardak province, Afghanistan Tuesday Dec. 1, 2009. In the next hours, President Obama will outline his Afghan war strategy speech at the West Point military academy.
  16. People remove the body of provincial lawmaker Shamsher Khan from site of suicide bombing in the compound of Khan's house in Dherai near Mingora, the main of town of Pakistan's Swat Valley, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. A teenage suicide bomber killed Shamsher Khan, an anti-Taliban lawmaker, in his house in Pakistan's Swat Valley, showing the militant threat in the region remains months after a military push there was declared a success.
  17. A person walk past infront of soccer balls on display at the city of Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. South African Oscar winner Charlize Theron and Nobel Peace laureates Archbishop Desmond Tutu and F.W. de Klerk will be among the star-studded cast attending Friday's World Cup draw ceremony.
  18. A plainclothes Pakistani police officer examines the site after a suicide bombing in lawmaker Shamsher Khan's house in Dherai near Mingora, the main of town of Pakistan's Swat Valley, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. A teenage suicide bomber killed Shamsher Khan, an anti-Taliban lawmaker, in his house in Pakistan's Swat Valley, showing the militant threat in the region remains months after a military push there was declared a success.