Obama’s Troop Deployment to Border Draws Rebuke From Both Sides

President Obama’s decision today to deploy 1,200 National Guard troops to beef up security on the U.S.-Mexico border, at a cost of $500 million, has fallen short of a GOP embrace and at the same time alienated some of his progressive allies.

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It’s Official: Army Brigade, Marine Battalion Heading To Afghanistan In The Fall

COMBAT OUTPOST ZORMAT, Afghanistan — This just in from the Pentagon. That troop boost, totaling 5,700 soldiers, is on its way to Afghanistan in the fall: