The United States will boost the number of troops it has in Afghanistan to 30,000, US President Barack Obama told a crowd at West Point military academy Tuesday 1 December, confirming media predictions. But he also said that he wants the US out of the country by 2013, giving military forces four years to put the country on the road to peace. Troops withdrawals are scheduled to begin in July 2011. The plan will cost $30 billion in 2010.
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News story, GenevaLunch, 2 December 2009.
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Tags: Afghanistan, deployment, President Barack Obama, troops, U.S., withdrawal
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