DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: US Marines During Operation In Helmand Province Afghanistan
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 9, 2011: US Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade wait for helicopter transport as part of Operation Khanjar at Camp Dwyer in Helmand Province in Afghanistan. US President Barack Obama on December 1, 2009 makes a globally awaited address on his new Afghan war plan and big troop surge strategy, shouldering the most perilous burden yet of a presidency defined by crises. In the televised address at 8:00 pm (0100 GMT December 2, 2009), Obama was expected to announce deployments of up to 35,000 more troops to battle the resurgent Taliban, Al-Qaeda and to secure Afghan cities, along with a civilian aid surge.
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