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U.S. Army soldiers from the 1st Platoon, Able Troop 3-71 Cavalry Squadron and members of the South Carolina National Guard patrol in the village of Kashmiri Bala, Baraki Barak district, Logar province, Afghanistan, on Tuesday.

Obama vows to ‘finish the job’ in Afghanistan

The president is expected to make his case to the nation in a Tuesday night speech for tens of thousands more U.S. troops to Afghanistan. Full story

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