Stanley A. McChrystal

...the state visit USA Today: "Obama has been considering several options, including a proposed strategy by U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal that would add up to 40,000 more troops to the war along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. " "Military...

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...Taliban insurgency. The president has been reviewing war strategy in Afghanistan for the past two months after Army General Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. commander there, said in a report to him that conditions were deteriorating and...

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...if the U.S. sends many more troops. President Obama is weighing a request from McChrystal for 40,000 more U.S. troops, which would raise the total American force in Afghanistan to more than 100,000. The Taliban leadership has already...

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...that a troop buildup will be announced. Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, is said to have asked President Obama to send 40,000 additional troops. (Pete Souza / AFP/Getty Images / October 2,...

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...border in Pakistan. McChrystal presented options ranging from about 10,000 to about 80,000 forces, and told Obama he preferred an addition of about 40,000 atop the record 68,000 in the country now, officials have said. Obama has already...

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...McChrystal, America's top commander in Afghanistan, presented options ranging from about 10,000 to about 80,000 forces, and told Obama he preferred an addition of about 40,000 atop the 68,000 already in the country, officials have said.

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...in the US, probably next week. It is more than three months since he began deliberating a call by the top US commander on the ground, General Stanley McChrystal, for an additional 40,000 troops. The delay has held up attempts to...

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