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Obama: troops' sacrifice to weigh on Afghan decision
29 Oct 2009 18:01:00 GMT
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WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday that getting a first-hand look at the sacrifices made by U.S. troops will have a bearing on how he views the war in Afghanistan as he crafts a new strategy there.

"It was a sobering reminder of the extraodinary sacrifice (by troops and their families)," Obama told reporters in the Oval Office after he went to Dover Air Force Base and saluted the flag-draped caskets of 18 soldiers and federal agents killed in Afghanistan this week. (Reporting by Matt Spetalnick)


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