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   From: cwo2barrett@somemil.org   
      
   The Pentagon acknowledged Wednesday that there are thousands   
   more American troops deployed in Afghanistan than repeatedly   
   disclosed.   
      
   The number of troops deployed to Afghanistan is actually closer   
   to 11,000, Defense Department spokeswoman Dana White said at a   
   news conference. The Pentagon previously said there were 8,400   
   troops in Afghanistan under the Obama administration's troop cap.   
      
   On Wednesday, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis ordered a change to   
   how the Pentagon accounts for the number of troops serving in   
   Afghanistan. A similar review to obtain accurate numbers of   
   troops is pending for Iraq and Syria.   
      
   The estimated 11,000 soldiers in Afghanistan would not include   
   future adjustments that Mattis may make to follow President   
   Trump’s new strategy in South Asia, Lt. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie,   
   of the Marine Corps, said.   
      
   Military officials have long quietly acknowledged there are more   
   troops in Afghanistan than the previous administration’s troop   
   cap permitted. Commanders shuffled troops in and out, but   
   labeled many as “temporary” and used other personnel accounting   
   tactics to keep the public count artificially low.   
      
   The Afghanistan troop announcement comes as the Pentagon   
   reportedly prepares to send close to 4,000 more troops to fight   
   in the war-torn country.   
      
   http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/08/30/pentagon-admits-   
   thousands-more-troops-are-in-afghanistan-than-previously-   
   disclosed.html   
      
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