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LI Dems on Afghanistan strategy: Let's think this thing through

US Marines storm through villages during the launch

Photo credit: Getty Images | US Marines storm through villages during the launch of Operation Germinate into the restive Bhuji Bhast Pass in Farah Province, southern Afghanistan, on October 7, 2009.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama should be given a chance to think through whether to increase U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan as he reviews his strategy, but once he decides, he must show that his decision will keep America safe from terrorists.

That was the view of the Democrats in the Long Island delegation to Congress and both New York senators Wednesday on the eighth anniversary of...

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