RSSCURL: West Point is site of historic Vietnam speech
From: The Washington Times | November 25, 2009
Thirty-three years after Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey told graduating cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point that the war in Vietnam was essential to the stability of Asia, President Obama will use the same venue to pitch his plan to salvage the war in Afghanistan. The president will unveil his new strategy for the Afghanistan war in an 8 p.m. address to Americans on Dec. 1. The top general in Afghanistan wants an additional 40,000 troops, but military officials expect the president will deploy about 35,000, starting next year. Mr. Obama and his top military and national ...
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