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Commander to Seek Expansion of Afghan Forces, Officials Say

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Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the newly arrived top commander in Afghanistan, has concluded that Afghan security forces will have to expand far beyond currently planned levels if President Obama's strategy for winning the war there is to succeed. Such an expansion would require additional billions beyond the $7.5 billion and the likely deployment of thousands more U.S. troops as trainers and advisers, officials said.
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