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Wil Obama's 10,000 Troops in Afghanistan Be Enough to Stop Al Qaeda?

Forever War

The Pentagon prevailed this week in a fight over how many U.S. forces will fight in Afghanistan past 2014. But will 9,800 troops be enough to keep a resurgent al Qaeda out?

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