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New U.S. troops in Afghanistan see combat
LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan — Close to 3,000 American soldiers who recently arrived in Afghanistan to secure two violent provinces near Kabul have begun operations and already are seeing combat, the unit's spokesman said Monday.
The new troops are the first wave of an expected surge of reinforcements this year.
U.S. commanders have been contemplating sending up to 30,000 more soldiers to bolster the 33,000 already here, but the Obama administration is expected to initially approve only a portion of that number. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Monday that the president would decide soon.
LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan — Close to 3,000 American soldiers who recently arrived in Afghanistan to secure two violent provinces near Kabul have begun operations and already are seeing combat, the unit's spokesman said Monday.
The new troops are the first wave of an expected surge of reinforcements this year.
U.S. commanders have been contemplating sending up to 30,000 more soldiers to bolster the 33,000 already here, but the Obama administration is expected to initially approve only a portion of that number. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Monday that the president would decide soon.