President Barack Obamas national security adviser dismissed reports that the administration has reached a decision to send thousands of additional troops to Afghanistan.
"Reports that President Obama has made a decision about Afghanistan are absolutely false," Jones said in a e-mailed statement today. "Any reports to the contrary are completely untrue and come from uninformed sources."
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Trial balloon to see how his base reacted?