CBS Evening News - 2009-11-30
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[0:02] Tonight, President Obama orders 30,000
[0:05] more US troops to Afghanistan as he
[0:07] plans to lay out his new [music]
[0:09] strategy in a nationwide address. I'm
[0:12] Katie Kurrick. Also tonight, a manhunt
[0:14] in Washington State. The search is on
[0:17] for a career criminal wanted in the
[0:19] brutal murders of four police officers.
[0:23] >> And a great American city honors our own
[0:26] Steve Hartman. Why? because he asked.
[0:29] >> Could I get one of those keys?
[0:31] >> Yeah, I'll get Hey, can
[0:38] >> this is the CBS Evening News with Katie
[0:41] Kurrick.
[0:44] >> And good evening everyone. The orders
[0:46] have gone out. President Obama is
[0:48] sending tens of thousands of additional
[0:50] US troops to Afghanistan. The first wave
[0:53] is expected to arrive by Christmas.
[0:56] Tomorrow night, President Obama will
[0:58] outline his new strategy in a nationally
[1:00] televised address from West Point. David
[1:02] Martin reports. The president will tell
[1:04] Americans the US cannot get out of
[1:06] Afghanistan until it puts more troops in
[1:09] to finish the job.
[1:11] >> In a Sunday night meeting, President
[1:13] Obama authorized the Pentagon to send
[1:15] 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. In a
[1:19] nationally televised speech tomorrow
[1:20] night, he is expected to stress that
[1:23] buildup comes with an exit strategy. But
[1:25] as Michael O'Hanlin of the Brookings
[1:27] Institution says, the fact is the US is
[1:30] going deeper in.
[1:32] >> When you add 30,000 more troops, you're
[1:34] investing even more in the war. And it's
[1:36] nice to talk of exit strategies, and
[1:38] it's smart and it's useful, but the
[1:40] essence of the near-term decision is
[1:43] more American commitment, not less.
[1:46] >>