From time to time, Union officers would ride up the hill to report what a great victory their troops were winning.

VOA: special.2009.08.27

Or the British could have been killed by Spanish troops who came up from what is now Florida.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

More troops will be sent to help with security leading up to Afghanistan's national elections in August.

VOA: special.2009.04.11

Organized labor denounced him for using federal troops to break up the Pullman strike.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

He wanted to destroy it. But heavy rain held up Jackson's troops.

VOA: special.2009.09.24

They watched as the Confederate troops set up their cannon.

VOA: special.2009.11.05

The U.S.military has offered to set up a joint patrol system involving Iraqi government troops, Kurdish forces and U.S.troops.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

The commander of U.S.and NATO forces in Afghanistan has asked U.S.President Barack Obama for up to 40,000 more troops.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

Morrell says it is in the troops' interest for the leaders to come up with a strategy that works.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

But residents say hundreds of Ethiopian troops have poured into the eastern part of town to set up military bases.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

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

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

An Associated Press poll this week shows that 54 percent of Americans oppose sending more troops, up from 50 percent in October.

VOA: standard.2009.11.13

The army says up to 15,000 troops in Swat are moving slowly to minimize the collateral damage that helped doom previous operations.

VOA: standard.2009.05.07

The top U.S.commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, has reportedly asked for up to 40,000 more troops.

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

The announced troop cut was widely anticipated and will leave about 10,000 NATO forces in Kosovo compared to up to 15,000 troops there at any given time.

VOA: standard.2009.06.11

His top general there has reportedly asked for up to 40,000 troops.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

"I think that more troops are certainly needed, particularly to do one thing we need to build up the Afghan security forces quickly both the army and the police.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

(OMITTED) Senators John McCain and Jon Kyl of Arizona announced a plan to step up border security, including a request for 3,000 National Guard troops along the Arizona-Mexico border.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

But they say it sends an appropriate signal that says the U.S.will not give up, and at the same time the troops will not stay in the region a day more than they must.

VOA: standard.2009.12.06

Shortly afterward, officials made public that the support troops would number up to 13,000, bringing the overall total to 68,000 by the end of the year a doubling of the deployment from when he took office.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

In the latest violence, officials in Zabul province say at least two civilians were killed and 21 wounded Saturda when a suicide bomber in a small town walked up to NATO and Afghan troops patrolling a market.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

The U.S.military has also announced it is investigating an accusation made by a Swedish charity that American troops last week broke down doors and tied up staff members while searching for insurgents at a hospital in Wardak province.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07