US withdrawing 34,000 troops from Afghanistan within a year
By , on February 13th, 2013
<!– google_ad_section_start –> US President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday that 34,000 troops – about half the US force in Afghanistan – will withdraw by early next year, bringing the United States one step closer to wrapping up the costly, unpopular war. Obama announced the withdrawal in his annual State of the Union address, as he renewed his pledge to a war-weary American public that the 66,000 remaining US troops in Afghanistan would move into a support role this spring. “This drawdown will continue. And by the end of next year, our war in Afghanistan will be over,” Obama said to applause. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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US withdrawing 34,000 troops from Afghanistan within a year
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US withdrawing 34,000 troops from Afghanistan within a year
<!– google_ad_section_start –> US President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday that 34,000 troops – about half the US force in Afghanistan – will withdraw by early next year, bringing the United States one step closer to wrapping up the costly, unpopular war. Obama announced the withdrawal in his annual State of the Union address, as he renewed his pledge to a war-weary American public that the 66,000 remaining US troops in Afghanistan would move into a support role this spring. “This drawdown will continue. And by the end of next year, our war in Afghanistan will be over,” Obama said to applause. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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US withdrawing 34,000 troops from Afghanistan within a year
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