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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Steven Lee Myers and Thom Shanker / The Bulletin
May 3, 2008
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has begun planning to send as many as 7,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan next year to make up for a shortfall in contributions from NATO allies, senior Bush administration officials said.
They said the step would push the number of U.S. forces there to....