Obama, top officials study troop request
Posted: October 8, 2009 at 3:53 a.m.
U.S. Marine radio operator and infantryman Lance Cpl. Walter Jennings of Normal, Ill., walks in front of an armored vehicle Monday in Nawa district, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan.
President Barack Obama and top administration officials are studying a troop request from the U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan as White House advisers met for a third time to review strategy for the war.
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