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The Pentagon Is Shifting US Combat Power From Iraq to Afghanistan — Again

Jeff Schogol
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Army Announces 2 New Afghanistan Troop Deployments As DoD Digs In For 2018
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The DoD Is Sending More Troops To Afghanistan Than Previously Announced

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DoD Overstated Number Of Troops Deployed To Texas And Louisiana For Harvey Relief

Jared Keller

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How Many US Troops Are Currently Fighting In Afghanistan? The Pentagon Won’t Say

Jared Keller

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Memo Reveals Trump Isn’t Telling The Full Story On Afghan Troop Levels

Adam Weinstein

Defense Secretary James N. Mattis and Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks before the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations Department of Defense fiscal year 2017 budget hearing, on Capitol Hill, March 22, 2017.

Troop Levels Are Too Important To Be Left To The Generals

Paul R. Pillar, The National Interest

Retired U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal speaks during a forum at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, March 11, 2013.

McChrystal: Trump Needs To Take Responsibility For The War In Afghanistan

James Clark

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Army Announces Plans To Add Thousands Of Soldiers To Its Ranks

Sarah Sicard

SOUTHERN SHORSURAK, Afghanistan ó Lance Cpl. Joshua J. Melendez, a squad automatic weapon gunner with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, provides security during a break in his squadís patrol to the east of their newly established observation post in Southern Shorsurak, Helmand province, Afghanistan, during Operation New Dawn, June 20, 2010.

Mattis Has Officially Been Given Full Control Of The War In Afghanistan

Adam Linehan

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The Pentagon Wants To Send Thousands More Troops Back to Afghanistan

Jared Keller

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US And Iraqi Officials Want To Keep American Troops In Iraq For A Long Time

Jared Keller