March 12, 2010
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Construction is Booming! The Recovery has Arrived!

FORWARD OPERATING BASE RAMROD, AFGHANISTAN - MARCH 11: U.S. Army carpenters from the 60th Engineer Company construct a new command center while expanding an American military base for incoming troops on March 11, 2010 at Forward Operating Base Ramrod in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. U.S. bases across southern Afghanistan are being enlarged to accommodate the surge of fresh troops ordered by President Obama as part of the new war strategy. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

FORWARD OPERATING BASE RAMROD, AFGHANISTAN – MARCH 11: U.S. Army carpenters from the 60th Engineer Company construct a new command center while expanding an American military base for incoming troops on March 11, 2010 at Forward Operating Base Ramrod in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. U.S. bases across southern Afghanistan are being enlarged to accommodate the surge of fresh troops ordered by President Obama as part of the new war strategy. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

FORWARD OPERATING BASE RAMROD, AFGHANISTAN - MARCH 11: U.S. Army soldiers from the 60th Engineer Company construct a perimeter wall while expanding an American military base for incoming troops on March 11, 2010 at Forward Operating Base Ramrod in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Bases across southern Afghanistan are being enlarged to accommodate the surge of fresh troops ordered by President Obama as part of the new war strategy. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

FORWARD OPERATING BASE RAMROD, AFGHANISTAN – MARCH 11: U.S. Army soldiers from the 60th Engineer Company construct a perimeter wall while expanding an American military base for incoming troops on March 11, 2010 at Forward Operating Base Ramrod in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Bases across southern Afghanistan are being enlarged to accommodate the surge of fresh troops ordered by President Obama as part of the new war strategy. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

FORWARD OPERATING BASE RAMROD, AFGHANISTAN - MARCH 11: U.S. Army carpenters from the 60th Engineer Company construct a new command center while expanding an American military base for incoming troops on March 11, 2010 at Forward Operating Base Ramrod in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Bases across southern Afghanistan are being enlarged to accommodate the surge of fresh troops ordered by President Obama as part of the new war strategy. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

FORWARD OPERATING BASE RAMROD, AFGHANISTAN – MARCH 11: U.S. Army carpenters from the 60th Engineer Company construct a new command center while expanding an American military base for incoming troops on March 11, 2010 at Forward Operating Base Ramrod in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Bases across southern Afghanistan are being enlarged to accommodate the surge of fresh troops ordered by President Obama as part of the new war strategy. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

According to the newswires, construction is finally booming and there are now plenty of new jobs for Americans in the building trades…

if we’re talking surge dollars and new bases in Afghanistan.

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