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December 8, 2009

Obama to Defend Afghan War Escalation in Nobel Speech
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The White House has announced President Obama plans to defend his
decision to escalate the Afghan war when he accepts the Nobel Peace
Prize in Oslo later this week. On Monday, White House Press Secretary
Robert Gibbs said Obama will address critics of his orders to deploy
over 30,000 additional troops.

Robert Gibbs: “We’ll address directly the notion, I think that many have
wondered, which is the juxtaposition of the timing for the Nobel Peace
Prize and—and his commitment to add more troops around—into Afghanistan.
That’s obviously something that he will address.”



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