Obama announcement about troops in Afghanistan will include exit strategy

Thursday, November 26, 2009

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will announce his plan to bolster the war in Afghanistan in a speech Tuesday night from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, his spokesman said, a surge that military officials say could top 30,000 troops.

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