Troop request depends on plan for Afghanistan, Pentagon says
Posted: September 24, 2009 at 5:20 a.m.
The Pentagon said Wednesday that a request for new troops from the U.S. commander in Afghanistan may have to be revised amid growing uncertainty inside the Obama administration over whether to escalate the American commitment to the eightyear war.
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