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During marathon review of Afghanistan strategy, Obama held out for faster troop surge

Anne E. Kornblut, Scott Wilson and Karen DeYoung — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST

President Obama, seated at the head of a conference table strewn with papers in the White House Situation Room, stared at charts showing various options for sending additional U.S. troops into Afghanistan.

Without ready access to computers, students struggle

Annie Gowen — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST

Julija Pivoriunaite's heart sinks when one of her teachers at Glasgow Middle School announces that students must go online to do a homework assignment. It happens almost every school day.

Deals cut with health groups may be at peril

Lori Montgomery and Shailagh Murray — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST

Heading into a make-or-break week, Senate Democratic leaders are struggling to preserve the fragile support of interest groups for an overhaul of the nation's health-care system, even as lawmakers seek to change the carefully crafted provisions that brought the groups on board.

Dutch defense against climate disaster: Adapt to the change

Anthony Faiola and Juliet Eilperin — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST

AMSTERDAM -- With the Copenhagen summit starting Monday, chances remain uncertain for a historic breakthrough in the fight to prevent climate change, but the Netherlands is leading a fight of a different kind: How to live with global warming.

West Point cadets left with 'a real clarity about our mission' in Afghanistan

Eli Saslow — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST

WEST POINT, N.Y. -- All 3,000 cadets remained standing in the auditorium, shoulders straight, chins high, hands clasped behind their backs. They had just listened to President Obama declare his plans for the Afghanistan war, an announcement that affected nobody more than them, and yet their bodies...