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WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates will give President Barack Obama his formal recommendation on new U.S. troop deployments to Afghanistan within days, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
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A U.S. soldier shakes hand with an Iraqi child during a routine patrol in central Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Feb. 27, 2009. U.S. President Barack Obama will announce Friday that he plans to withdraw the bulk of U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of August...
