AP – Congressional leaders who opposed the troop surge in Iraq are now taking credit for it, and President Barack Obama is more worried about ending the war than winning it, House Republican leader John Boehner said Tuesday.
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House GOP leader jabs at Iraq war surge critics
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AFP – US President Barack Obama on Thursday signed a spending bill to pay for the troop “surge” aimed at turning around the faltering Afghan campaign.
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Obama signs Afghanistan war spending measure
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AP – The House on Tuesday sent President Barack Obama a major war-funding increase of $33 billion to pay for his troop surge in Afghanistan, unmoved by the leaking of classified documents that portray a military effort struggling between 2004 and 2009 against a strengthening insurgency.
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Big war boost clears Congress, despite Afghan leak
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