The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. November 24, 2009 Report: Obama To Announce Plans to Send 34,000 More Troops ---------------------------------------------------------- On Monday night President Barack Obama met with his national security team to finalize plans to escalate the war in Afghanistan. Obama is expected to announce his decision next Tuesday but the Mc Clatchy Newspapers is reporting the president has already decided to send 34,000 additional U.S. troops over the next year to Afghanistan. .