Somber Obama lays out new Afghanistan plan at West Point
Photo credit: AP Photo/Julie Jacobson | President Barack Obama waves before speaking about his Afghanistan policy before cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009.
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President Barack Obama said Tuesday night that he will send an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan early next year, but begin withdrawing Americans from the troubled nation by July 2011.
>>PHOTOS: President Obama's speech and the U.S. war in Afghanistan
Speaking for 35 minutes to a televised national audience from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Obama said the new...
