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Obama Unveils Timetable In Afghan War Strategy

Dec. 2, 2009
President Obama has ordered 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, but he's promising that U.S. soldiers will begin coming home in 18 months. In a prime time speech at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the president said his policy can reverse the Taliban's momentum, train the Afghan military...
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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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