Obama Seeks $192B as War Steps Up in Afghanistan

  WASHINGTON (AP) -- PresidentBarack Obama wants $192 billion in war spending for the next year-and-a-half, a hefty sum aimed at escalating the war in Afghanistan amid waning support at home. 

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