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Report: Obama to Add 34,000 Troops

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Nears decision on Afghanistan.

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President Barack Obama is close to making a decision to add 34,000 troops to Afghanistan but will hold off on making an announcement until later this month, administration and military officials tell McClatchy Newspapers.

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