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Boehner: Obama Putting Troops at Risk as He Deliberates on Afghan Strategy

By Jackie Kucinich
Roll Call Staff
Oct. 21, 2009, 12:02 p.m.

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Wednesday that President Barack Obama has put American troops stationed in Afghanistan at risk while he continues to weigh whether to send 40,000 additional soldiers into the region.

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