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General News 7/27/2010 at 6:43 PM EDT

Barack Obama enlists Afghan war leaks in support of policy switch

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Obama chose to play down the leaks' significance, saying: "These documents don't reveal any issues that haven't already informed our public debate on Afghanistan." But he went on to say the material highlighted the challenges that led him to announce a change in strategy late last year that involved sending an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan.

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