The Round-Up: Obama's decision on troops 'very close'
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President Obama told CNN’s Ed Henry that a decision on troop levels in Afghanistan is "very close.”
"I will announce that decision certainly in the next several weeks,” he said.
Obama has been holding regular meetings with his war council to develop options for sending more troops to Afghanistan. Last week, the president told the group - comprising top cabinet, Pentagon and administration officials - that the U.S. troop commitment to
Afghanistan is not open-ended. The president then asked for revisions to options he previously received, a senior administration official said at the time. The war council is considering a request by Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, for up to 40,000 more troops.
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Photo Spotlight: Sparks fly
While shooting for a story on housing in the outskirts of Kabul, we came across this man building a railing for the front porch of a very nice house. The boy helping him shields his eyes from the sparks made by the saw as it cuts the metal of the railing.
