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  • December 1st 2009. After less than a year in office President Barack Obama addresses several thousand officer cadets at the West Point Military Academy, to announce a dramatic escalation in the US's war in Afghanistan with the deployment of 30,000 extra troops.
  • December 1st 2009, Officer cadets, look on as President Barack Obama confirms a 30,000 person increase in troop numbers in the war in Afghanistan.
  • Officer cadet, Westpoint Military Academy, NY
  • December 1st 2009, Officer cadets, some looking on nervously as President Barack Obama announces an escalation in the war in Afghanistan.
  • December 1st 2009, Officer cadets, some looking on nervously as President Barack Obama announces an escalation in the war in Afghanistan.
  • December 1st 2009. President Barack Obama works the crowd as he is mobbed by cadets after his address to the West Point Military Academy.
  • December 1st 2009. Officer Cadets with cameras find time to relax and steal a few photos in between speeches.
  • December 1st 2009, Officer cadets, some looking on nervously as President Barack Obama announces an escalation in the war in Afghanistan.
  • Officer cadet, Westpoint Military Academy, NY.
  • December 1st 2009. President Barack Obama leaves the stage at the West Point Military Academy, after announcing a dramatic escalation in the US's war in Afghanistan.