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Tuesday, July 15, 2008 --- 44 days ago http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/15/1200314.aspx
 From NBC/NJ's Adam Aigner-Treworgy ALBUQUERQUE, NM -- Today at a "Jobs for America" town hall, McCain forcefully called for additional troops in Afghanistan for the first time in this campaign. "Our commanders on the ground in Afghanistan say that they need at least three additional brigades," McCain said. "Thanks to the success of the surge, these forces are becoming available, and our commanders in Afghanistan must get them." This statement suggests that McCain might consider shifting troops directly from Iraq to Afghanistan. But speaking to reporters on his bus after today's speech, McCain indicated that he'd be open to those additional troops coming from NATO. Just last week, McCain told reporters on his bus that the problem in Afghanistan was not troop presence -- but rather the strained relationship between Afghanistan and Pakistan. "I think the situation in Afghanistan is very tough," McCain said then. "One of the major reasons for it is not so much troop presence as the situation on the Pakistan-Afghan border. And I've been briefed several times by military leaders, including I met just yesterday with the ambassador from Pakistan to the United States." ...( read more ) ... |
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