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President Obama Unveils His Strategy for Afghanistan

This morning President Barack Obama announced a new Afghanistan strategy that will require significantly higher levels of US funding and thousands more military and civilian personnel to try to control what he called an “increasingly perilous” situation. Karen DeYoung is senior diplomatic correspondent for the Washington Post .

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KCRW placeholderBy Lawrence O'Donnell • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

This morning President Barack Obama announced a new Afghanistan strategy that will require significantly higher levels of US funding and thousands more military and civilian personnel to try to control what he called an “increasingly perilous” situation. Karen DeYoung is senior diplomatic correspondent for the Washington Post.

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