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Update from Afghanistan

Big Republican gains in Congress could make it harder for President Barack Obama to keep his pledge to start bringing U.S. troops home from Afghanistan by next ...

Federal News Network Staff

November 5, 2010 10:40 am

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Combat operations in Iraq might have been scaled back, but not so in Afghanistan where the Taliban presents a major threat to be reckoned with. On top of that, troops are dealing with a surge in contractor deaths and reports of war lords getting money from defense contracts. So how is the military handling all this? Rear Admiral Greg Smith is the spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force. He joins us from Afghanistan with an update.

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