Nov 7th, 2009 - Reuters
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* Obama decision on troops, strategy near
* Final options include roughly 30,000-troop increase
WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama is wrapping up deliberations on war strategy in Afghanistan and is considering final Pentagon options that include sending about 30,000 more troops, officials said on Saturday.
A deployment of that size would be less than the 40,000-troop increase recommended by Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, but more than many of Obama's Democratic allies may support.
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