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Archive Home > 2009 > June > 09 > 7,000 Marines in Afghanistan as first part of summer buildup

7,000 Marines in Afghanistan as first part of summer buildup

By Chris Brummitt / The Bulletin
June 9, 2009

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — Some 7,000 of the new U.S. troops ordered to Afghanistan are fanning out across the dangerous south this week on a mission to defeat the Taliban insurgency and to change the course of a war claiming American lives at a record pace.

The Marines represent....

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