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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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    1. 1:48Tough-on-Crime Policies Overwhelm Shrinking State Budgets
    2. 7:30President Obama Unveils His Strategy for AfghanistanYou’re reading this
    3. 41:55From Detroit to LA, the Recession Reshapes America
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