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Obama: U.S. security is still at stake AFGHAN WAR TO ESCALATE 30,000 more troops; pullout begins mid-2011 By Scott Wilson Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, December 2, 2009 WEST POINT, N.Y. -- President Obama announced Tuesday that he will send 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan by next summer and begin withdrawing forces in July 2011, making his case to the nation that Islamist extremism in the region remains an enduring threat to the security of Americans. Obama cited the solemn responsibility he has felt as commander in chief as he outlined a sharp escalation that makes him the main architect of the eight-year-old war. The speech was among the most important of his presidency, and he sought to prepare the country for the heavier fighting and higher casualties that are likely to result from his strategy in the months ahead. . . . "If I did not think that the security of the United States and the safety of the American people were at stake in Afghanistan," he said, "I…