U.S. Army soldiers take cover as they wait for CH-47 Chinook helicopters to land so they can depart from an air assault mission, Operation Champion Sword,in the Khost province of Afghanistan, July 28, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Matthew FreireCommentary: More Troops Needed For Afghan War -- Bergen and Katherine Tiedemann, CNN
(CNN) -- CNN's Barbara Starr reported last week that Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, is expected to ask the Obama administration for additional troops and equipment for conducting intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, as well as more military resource
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