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Road Map: Defense Bill Allows Obama to Start Troop Surge

By Steven T. Dennis
Roll Call Staff
Dec. 8, 2009, Midnight

Congress is poised to quickly clear tens of billions of dollars in war funding for Afghanistan that President Barack Obama intends to use to start his controversial surge — a fact that is largely lost amid the end-of-year scramble to keep the government running.

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