Top Obama aides insist that the troop withdrawal numbers and dates set by Bush were no secret.
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White House Disputes Charge of ‘Telegraphing’ Iraq War’s Exit Strategy to Enemies
ContributorNetwork – COMMENTARY | President Obama announced the beginning of the end of the troop surge in the war in Afghanistan Wednesday night. After taking office and consulting with advisers in December 2009, Obama added 33,000 troops to the forces already in Afghanistan to quell growing violence and Taliban advances. Nearly 10 years into the war brought on by Osama bin Laden’s 9/11 attacks, the American public is growing weary of the seemingly endless war, wants the troops home, and wants to stop spending so much money overseas.
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Afghan Drawdown a Bad Strategic Move, Dubious Political Move
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AFP – US President Barack Obama said in an interview published Tuesday that the Afghan war was “harder than Iraq” but that key aspects of his troop surge strategy had not “failed yet.”
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Obama: Afghanistan harder than Iraq
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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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