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White House: No Afghanistan troop decision made
Ed Henry
CNN
Tuesday, Nov 10th, 2009
White House National Security Adviser Retired
Gen. Jim Jones issued a rare public statement Monday vehemently
denying media reports that suggest U.S. President Barack Obama
has privately decided to send close to 40,000 more U.S. troops
to Afghanistan.
"Reports that President Obama has made a decision about
Afghanistan are absolutely false," Jones, who has a low
public profile, said in a statement. "He has not received
final options for his consideration, he has not reviewed those
options with his national security team, and he has not made
any decisions about resources. Any reports to the contrary are
completely untrue and come from uninformed sources."
The statement was issued shortly after CBS News' veteran Pentagon
correspondent David Martin reported that Obama has "tentatively
decided" to send four more combat brigades to Afghanistan
and thousands more support troops starting early next year.
That would bring the total number of new troops to close to
the 40,000 more troops originally requested by Gen. Stanley
McChrystal, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan.
Two other senior administration officials told CNN that the
CBS report and other similar speculation is false.
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