Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008 in Baghdad. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Bush Makes Stop In Afghanistan To Rally Troops
-- Yahoo News/AP
-- Yahoo News/AP
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan – President George W. Bush got a firsthand look Monday at the deteriorating situation in the seven-year-old Afghanistan war, amid preparations in his administration to hand a broad strategy overhaul over to President-elect Barack Obama and to significantly increase the U.S. troop presence.
Bush spoke to U.S. soldiers and Marines stationed in Afghanistan at a hangar on the tarmac at Bagram Air Base. The rally for over a thousand military personnel took place in the dark, cold predawn hours — it was about 5:30 a.m. local time when the president strode into the hangar to loud cheers.
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