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General News 4/23/2010 at 1:44 PM EDT

German troops in Afghanistan call on Angela Merkel to explain why they're at war

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German soldiers are wearing their hearts on their sleeves-in the form of a badge that protests their country's involvement in the war in Afghanistan. Chancellor Merkel is being put under pressure from U.S. General Stanley McChrystal, who arrived in Germany with a brief from the White House to get the Germans to do more in Afghanistan.

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