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Afghan Deployments, Hill Fighting Underway Ahead of Troop Announcement

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By Emelie Rutherford While President Barack Obama plans to officially announce tonight plans for sending more troops to Afghanistan, he already has given orders for the deployments to commence as lawmakers fight over how to pay for the war. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters yesterday Obama gave orders in the Oval Office over the weekend for the Pentagon to officially proceed with the troop increase. "I anticipate that they are being acted upon by those whose job…

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