Read more US troops stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4065/us-troops.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:37:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74057/afghan-calculus-40k-troops-equals-40b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen President Obama rejected advisers' recommendations on Afghan troops and insisted they be retooled with exit strategies, he had the war's long-term financial costs in mind, an insider tells the New York Times . While military strategy gets the headlines, the financial constraints also are weighing heavily. Some specfics: Gen. McChyrstal's...http://www.newser.com/story/74057/afghan-calculus-40k-troops-equals-40b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 14 Nov 2009 16:04:25 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73784/top-obama-advisers-push-30k-troop-increase.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs President Obama heads into a meeting with his national security team today, one of the four options on the table for increasing troop levels in Afghanistan has emerged as a favorite of his top advisers. Hillary Clinton, Mike Mullen, and Robert Gates all favor a plan to send about...http://www.newser.com/story/73784/top-obama-advisers-push-30k-troop-increase.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 7:45:28 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73611/iraq-passes-election-law-clears-way-for-us-pullout.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIraq's parliament passed a long-delayed law yesterday paving the way for the planned January election to go forward, sidestepping a crisis that could have delayed the US troop withdrawal. The head of Iraq's electoral commission quickly proposed Jan. 21 for the election, five days after the earlier scheduled date. The...http://www.newser.com/story/73611/iraq-passes-election-law-clears-way-for-us-pullout.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 6:33:47 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73566/obama-eyes-30k-troop-surge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama is zeroing in on an Afghanistan strategy that likely includes sending in some 30,000 troops, reports Reuters —short of Gen. Stanley McChrystal's requested 40,000, but far greater than war-weary Democrats may support. An additional 4,000 trainers are likely to be sent, McClatchy reports, with the...http://www.newser.com/story/73566/obama-eyes-30k-troop-surge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 08 Nov 2009 9:18:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73532/afghans-cool-to-us-troop-increase.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEven as the Obama adminstration agonizes over deploying more troops to Afghanistan, the Afghan public is growing increasingly negative about the US presence in their country. Doubting that the Taliban can be defeated, most agree that the government should negotiate with insurgents, the New York Times reports, and they see...http://www.newser.com/story/73532/afghans-cool-to-us-troop-increase.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 07 Nov 2009 7:34:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73005/troop-injuries-hit-new-high-in-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagInjuries to US troops in Afghanistan have risen alarmingly in the last 3 months, as a Taliban offensive deploys deadlier roadside bombs aimed at American and other foreign forces. The rate of injury has surpassed that in Iraq during the heaviest fighting of the surge 2 years ago, the Washington...http://www.newser.com/story/73005/troop-injuries-hit-new-high-in-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 31 Oct 2009 7:58:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72666/oct-deadliest-afghan-month-as-8-us-troops-die.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEight American troops have been killed today in multiple bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan, making October the deadliest month for American troops there since the war began in 2001. The 8 deaths occurred in "multiple, complex" bomb attacks in the south, according to the US military.http://www.newser.com/story/72666/oct-deadliest-afghan-month-as-8-us-troops-die.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Oct 2009 10:05:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71413/guns-failed-us-troops-in-afghan-firefight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs militants surrounded the remote Afghanistan base of Wanat on July 13, 2008, Staff Sgt. Erich Phillips' M-4 carbine quit firing. The machine gun he grabbed in desperation didn't work, either. When the battle ended, nine US soldiers lay dead and 27 more were wounded. A detailed study of the...http://www.newser.com/story/71413/guns-failed-us-troops-in-afghan-firefight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 11 Oct 2009 11:59:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71234/troops-despair-question-afghan-mission-chaplains.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMorale is not good at the Forward Operating Base in Wardak province. Soldiers there are starting to lose hope, base chaplains tell the Times . “They feel they are risking their lives for progress that’s hard to discern,” said one, while another described a “sense of futility and anger.” And though...http://www.newser.com/story/71234/troops-despair-question-afghan-mission-chaplains.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Oct 2009 8:13:21 CDT