Forty-eight percent of people in a USA Today/Gallup Poll taken this week said the president should send more troops to Afghanistan.

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There was now no way it could send more soldiers and supplies to Cuba.

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It included thirty-three billion dollars to send more troops to Afghanistan.

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But any decision to send more troops will likely spark resistance from some congressional Democrats who oppose a build-up in Afghanistan.

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They have largely resisted long-standing requests to send more troops to the war-torn country, particularly to more volatile areas.

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Political analysts say Mr.Obama's decision on whether to send more U.S.troops to Afghanistan is likely to be a turning point in his presidency.

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But the American deaths come as U.S.President Barack Obama considers whether to send more troops to Afghanistan.

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Mr.Rudd has not said whether he will agree to a U.S.request to send more Australian troops to Afghanistan, joining the 1,100 already there.

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President Barack Obama is considering whether to send more troops to Afghanistan to battle the Taliban.

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The U.S.Commander in Afghanistan, Army General Stanley McChrystal, has said the U.S.will likely lose the war if the administration does not send more troops.

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The United States wants a relatively clean election while it considers whether to send more troops and resources to Afghanistan to fight the Taliban.

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Some argue the widespread corruption in Afghanistan is undermining support in the United States for the war and the proposal to send more soldiers.

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Back then,a request to send more troops to the combat theater was called an escalation.

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While Republicans oppose his efforts on the economy and health care, several Democrats have raised concerns about the president's decision to send more U.S.troops to Afghanistan.

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U.S.Defense Secretary Robert Gates and other senior officials have repeatedly urged allies to send more troops, and to eliminate restrictions on how their forces can be used.

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The US has been pressing European allies to send more troops to Afghanistan.

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He said he would send more military trainers and U.S.civilian personnel to Afghanistan.

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The current level is already nearly double what the United States had in Afghanistan last year, and some officials, including Secretary Gates, have expressed reluctance to send more.

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NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen made clear that despite an intensifying insurgency and uncertainty over whether U.S.President Barack Obama will send more troops, NATO will remain in Afghanistan.

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But some Democratic lawmakers contend the long-term key to defeating the insurgency in Afghanistan is not to send more foreign troops, but to speed training of Afghan security forces.

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Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta expressed his government's support for U.S.Army General Stanley McChrystal's recommendation that President Barack Obama send more troops to help defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan.

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House of Representatives Democratic majority leader Steny Hoyer told reporters Wednesday he is not yet at the point of being able to support a potential decision to send more U.S.troops to Afghanistan.

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While the top-level process is continuing, Washington is consumed with a debate about whether the president should send more troops as the commanders want or take the air power and high technology route.

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One choice Mr.Obama faces is whether to send more troops to Afghanistan to prevent the Taliban from regaining control, or to use special forces and unmanned spy planes to target al-Qaida in Pakistan.

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Mr.Obama is considering whether to send more troops to Afghanistan to prevent the Taliban from again taking control of the country or to use special forces and unmanned spy planes to target al-Qaida in Pakistan.

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U.S.Defense Secretary Robert Gates is attending this meeting with a similar message, calling for a broad range of additional European help in Afghanistan, even though President Barack Obama has not yet decided whether to send more U.S.troops.

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