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US Central Command general says troop surge in Middle East may not end soon
Over the past eight months, the United States has poured more than 20,000 additional troops into the Middle East to counter the escalating threat from Iran that peaked with the recent missile attack on American forces in Iraq.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press