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Obama Briefs Lawmakers On Afghan Strategy Review

Oct. 6, 2009
President Obama met with congressional leaders Tuesday amid an administration debate over whether to send more troops to Afghanistan. The president's top commander in Afghanistan wants as many as 40,000 more American forces and has said the mission could fail without them.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler