Obama's Plan: Send 30,000 New Troops To Afghanistan, Begin Leaving By July 2011 -- L.A. Times
The president will outline his strategy tonight in a speech at West Point. It calls for a swift buildup of forces in Afghanistan and a date for beginning their withdrawal.
Reporting from Washington and West Point - President Obama has ordered the deployment of 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan, officials said today, yet the president also will announce tonight that the U.S. will begin withdrawing forces from the country in July 2011.
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