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Obama getting briefed on Afghanistan operation
By News on Feb 13, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A White House spokesman says President Barack Obama is keeping a close watch on combat operations in Afghanistan, getting multiple updates as thousands of U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers storm a Taliban stronghold....Obama names special envoy to global Islamic group
By News on Feb 13, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Saturday named a White House lawyer as his special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference, part of his continuing effort to repair strained U.S. relations with the world's Muslims....Obama says new budget rules will rein in spending
By News on Feb 13, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Saturday new budget rules that say spending cuts must accompany spending increases will force Congress to "pay for what it spends, just like everybody else."...Bombs slow US advance in Afghan town
By News on Feb 13, 2010
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MARJAH, Afghanistan (AP) -- Bombs and booby traps slowed the advance of thousands of U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers moving Saturday through the Taliban-controlled town of Marjah - NATO's most ambitious effort yet to break the militants' grip over their southern heartland....US, Afghan troops sweep into Taliban stronghold
By News on Feb 13, 2010
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MARJAH, Afghanistan (AP) -- Thousands of U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers stormed the Taliban stronghold of Marjah by air and ground Saturday, meeting only scattered resistance but facing a daunting thicket of bombs and booby traps that slowed their advance through the town....