Obama Afghan decision to come after Thanksgiving

Reported by France 24 on Saturday, 21 November 2009 (on November 21, 2009)

President Barack Obama will wait until after Americans mark Thanksgiving on November 26 to announce whether or not he sends reinforcements to Afghanistan, his spokesman Robert Gibbs said.Asked whether Obama would wait until after next week's annual holiday to make his announcement, Gibbs said yes.Obama had earlier indicated he would end months of deliberations over the possible deployment of thousands more troops to Afghanistan "in the coming weeks."

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