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Europe to Obama: Don't Count On Us for Many More Troops

BERLIN (Dec. 2) - In his speech Tuesday night announcing 30,000 more U.S. troops for Afghanistan, President Barack Obama said he was "confident" that allies would join in the escalation for an obvious reason: "what's at stake is the security of our allies, and the common security of the world." He is likely to be sorely...

Democrats Call for War Tax

(Nov. 24) -- With President Barack Obama expected to announce his plan for Afghanistan on Dec. 1, the debate about how to pay for the war is heating up. The U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, wants 40,000 more troops. Obama's plan would send 34,000 during the next year, U.S. officials told McClatchy...

Opinion: Some Smart Non-Military Moves for Afghanistan

KABUL (Nov. 23) -- As President Barack Obama finalizes his plans for a new phase of a war that now seems to be a deadly stalemate, attention has focused largely on how many additional U.S. troops he will send. But whatever his decision on that point, there are a number of other initiatives -- some tightly related to troop...