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US President Barack Obama will wait until after Americans mark Thanksgiving on November 26 to announce whether or not he will send reinforcements to Afghanistan, his spokesman Robert Gibbs said Friday. Obama had earlier indicated he would end months of deliberations over the possible deployment of thousands more troops to Afghanistan in the coming weeks. Obama has held a series of closed-door meetings with top advisers -- including his war General Stanley McChrystal, overall commander of more than 100,000 US and NATO troops already in the country -- to discuss the campaign in Afghanistan and how to achieve US goals there. Thanksgiving day is celebrated in America on November 26 every year. Official holiday are announced from Thursday to Sunday for this occasion.
