{"id":506,"date":"2009-10-13T09:58:04","date_gmt":"2009-10-13T09:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/cityofbrass\/2009\/10\/obama-approves-13000-more-troo.html"},"modified":"2009-10-13T09:58:04","modified_gmt":"2009-10-13T09:58:04","slug":"obama-approves-13000-more-troo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/2009\/10\/obama-approves-13000-more-troo.html","title":{"rendered":"Obama approves 13,000 more troops to Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

without any fanfare – this<\/a> was not announced via press release.<\/p>\n

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In an unannounced move, President Barack Obama is dispatching an additional 13,000 US troops to Afghanistan beyond the 21,000 he announced publicly in March, The Washington Post reported.<\/p>\n

The additional forces are primarily support forces<\/strong> — such as engineers, medical personnel, intelligence experts and military police — the Post said, bringing the total buildup Obama has approved for the war-torn nation to 34,000.<\/p>\n

“Obama authorized the whole thing. The only thing you saw announced in a press release was the 21,000,” a defense official familiar with the troop-approval process told the daily.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As I noted yesterday<\/a>, the politically-motivated crtitique of Obama that he isn’t “listening” to Gen. McChrystal is transparent to anyone who has actually read the report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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