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president obama outlines his plans for an immediate troop surge. good evening, i m jim vance. the surge will begin almost immediately with a very big price tag. the president says he s not writing a blank check. steve handelsman is at west point at the military academy. reporter: he came to west point to speak to soldiers. before they graduate, the surge will be winding down. i have determined, it s in our vital, national interest to send 30,000 troops to afghanistan. after 18 months, our troops will begin to come home. the fastest possible pace so they can target the insurgency and secure population centers. reporter: the new strategy, focus on the city, train forces. he says we have no choice. our goal remains the same, to disrupt, dismantle and defeat in pakistan and prevent the capacity to hurm america and allies. reporter: on queue. god bless you and god bless america. reporter: there s an issue with the timetable. the start of a pullout in 2011. he s
. this is 9news now. only on nine, a community in southern #345ir land fighting to maryland fighting to keep homes above water again. they have been working through the night. a little more than a week ago, 9news now was there as they came together to ward off that destructive nor easter. gary is back and joins us live with tonight s top story. gary. reporter: well, derek, on beach drive they have learned that you can t fight mother nature, except, of course, when you can. it s a neighborhood effort to save these homes. everybody, you know, is comes to help these five or six houses an it s awesome. reporter: winds whipped up the chesapeake bay and threw pounding waves at these houses. neighbors threw sandbags back. 16,000 of them. a thousand washed away. to supplement the efforts. we started driving the post in and putting the tires in and it s holding. reporter: homeowners seem optimistic thisl work. they have been through tough times together before. my
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