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President Obama's Afghanistan speech announced a new, historic chapter for the mission there, announcing the deployment of 30,000 additional troops in the "epicenter of the violent extremism practiced by Al Qaeda" but also promising to begin withdrawing those forces within 18 months.

The surge of forces will bring the total American commitment to nearly 100,000. It will be composed of several combat brigades, new trainers and support troops and will be deployed at "the fastest pace possible" to be on the ground and fighting by summer, an onerous task for a military deploying forces to a landlocked country with a crude infrastructure.

London, Dec.2 : Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that Pakistan and the US do not need a joint command as far as taking action against the Taliban and Al-Qaeda is concerned.

United States President Barack Obama has set out his strategy for Afghanistan. US forces will be strengthened with an extra 30,000 soldiers over the next six months.

Conservatives Hail West Point cadet Who Read 'Kill Bin Laden' [Pic in URL] The cadet's decorations show that he has seen active service in Iraq, but his name remains a mystery Giles Whittell and Matt Spence, Washington Waiting for his Commander-in-Chief to speak, a West Point military academy cadet had some blunt strategic advice this week: 'Kill ...

General Stanley McChrystal, commander of US and NATO troops in Afghanistan, issued a statement on Tuesday expressing clear support for President Obama's strategy in the region.

A cadet climbs into the buffer zone for a photo with U.S. President Barack Obama after he spoke in Eisenhower Hall at the United States Military Academy at West Point December 1, 2009 in West Point, New York.

President Barack Obama speaks at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on December 1, 2009 in West Point, New York.

At military installations that will be supplying the additional troops to go to Afghanistan, there was an air of inevitability on Tuesday about President Obama's speech tonight.

The Obama administration plans to send roughly 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan by next summer, speeding up its original plan to have the troops in by the end of next year, a senior military official told McClatchy Wednesday.

At an unannounced meeting with his war council yesterday, President Obama conveyed his decision on a new strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan and gave the order that the new strategy be implemented, according to White House spokesman Robert Gibbs.

President Obama plans to lay out a time frame for winding down the American involvement in the war in Afghanistan when he announces his decision this week to send more forces, senior administration officials said Sunday.

Days after President Barack Obama outlines his new war strategy in a speech Tuesday, as many as 9,000 Marines will begin final preparations to deploy to southern Afghanistan and renew an assault on a Taliban stronghold that stalled earlier this year amid a troop shortage and political pressure from the Afghan government, senior U.S. officials said.

From left, Lt. Gen. Robert L. Van Antwerp poses with Lowell native Col. Edward Fleming and his dad, former Lowell Mayor M. Brendan Fleming at the U.S. Army National War College in Washington D.C, where the younger Fleming is studying national security and strategic studies.

Congratulations to Elizabeth Longino of Dallas. She and 31 other top students - including her boyfriend - were named Sunday as Rhodes Scholars.

A politician I am not. I am one who sympathizes with the mission of the military in support of our nation under political leadership.

First Lt. Robert Burke works to build strength in his shoulder during a physical therapy session in 2008 at the Arvin Cadet Physical Development Center at The United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. The Army has seen a steep drop in the number of soldiers assigned to WTUs because of tighter restrictions on who should be sent to the ...

Share + Nov 18, 2009 5:24 pm US/Central 1 of 1 Secretary of Defense Robert Gates attends graduation ceremonies at the United States Military Academy at West Point on May 23, 2009, in West Point, N.Y. Secretary of Defense Gates gave the commencement speech to graduates at the elite military academy.

Sleep deprivation adversely affects automatic, accurate responses and can lead to potentially devastating errors, a finding of particular concern among firefighters, police officers, soldiers and others who work in a sleep-deprived state, University of Texas at Austin researchers say.

AUSTIN, Texas-Sleep deprivation adversely affects automatic, accurate responses and can lead to potentially devastating errors, a finding of particular concern among firefighters, police officers, soldiers and others who work in a sleep-deprived state, University of Texas at Austin researchers say.

For Richard and Miriam Melvin of Royal Oak, Veterans Day is always special. "I was in World War II, and she was a nurse in the Army," said Richard Melvin.