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Afghan Assessment Includes Troop Request Exceeding 60,000

HeadlineOct 09, 2009

US officials have confirmed reports General Stanley McChrystal’s Afghan war assessment contains a previously undisclosed option that would call for over 60,000 additional troops. Earlier accounts had placed the maximum request at 40,000 troops. The White House is currently reviewing the assessment.

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