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  • Maybe Obama will have to give back his Nobel prize because of this increase in troops.

    Obama's Afghanistan plan wins conservative praise 2009

  • Of course the war mongering conservatives are going to support this upscale in troops.

    Obama's Afghanistan plan wins conservative praise 2009

  • Mr. Romagnoli generally works training elite athletes and Chilean mountain troops.

    Chile Miners Work Out Before Rescue Matt Moffett 2010

  • They see a newspaper headline like “Three Troops Killed in Afghanistan” and sit down to write me about the unfortunate use of the word troops.

    In a Word 2009

  • They see a newspaper headline like “Three Troops Killed in Afghanistan” and sit down to write me about the unfortunate use of the word troops.

    In a Word 2009

  • His leading rivals for the Republican nomination, Giuliani and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, support the war and have endorsed the increase in troops.

    McCain firm on Iraq war despite cost to candidacy 2007

  • He used a map of bush trails left from other volunteers which took him across the river in a small boat and felt extremely remote - a feeling he liked until..... he came upon a troop of baboons yes, groups of baboons are called troops...

    In case you're interested... Adam Horowitz 2007

  • In 1776, George Washington was down at one point to 3,000 rag tag troops.

    CNN Transcript Sep 30, 2005 2005

  • Command your brother Stergos to bespeak the windvoices of your allies and recall the troops.

    Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003

  • More than 1,000 U.S. troops, including 160 special forces, here until July 31 to train Filipino troops.

    CNN Transcript Jun 8, 2002 2002

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