Obama to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan
President Barack Obama plans to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan over six months, an accelerated timetable -- with an endgame built in -- that would have the first Marines there as early as Christmas, a senior administration official told The Associated Press.
US President Barack Obama is to call on NATO allies to send more troops to Afghanistan, when he addresses the nation Tuesday night, announcing his order to deploy 30,000 more US soldiers to that country.