As America marks Veterans Day, President Obama is reportedly considering four options for increasing troop levels in Afghanistan, which he will review during a meeting with his national security team today. David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times, writes in today's paper that three of the options before the president range from the deployment of 20,000 troops to the 40,000 recommended by General Stanley McChrystal. The White House declined to specify an exact troop level associated with the fourth option, which has reportedly been added in the last couple of days.
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What better way to celebrate Veterans Day than by sending more troops to Afghanistan?
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