Obama’s Decision to Add More Troops:

December 1, 2010 in a nationally televised address from the United States Military Academy at West Point, President Obama will officially announce that he has decided to expedite the deployment of 30,000 additional American troops to Afghanistan over the next six months, bringing the troop total to over 100,000. The announcement comes after months of deliberation about the course to pursue in Afghanistan. The President is also expected to declare a commitment to removing all troops from Afghanistan within 3 years.