U.S. Marines and Afghan National Army soldiers discuss security for a remain over night site during a three-day combat reconnaissance in the Bala Baluk District, Farah province, Afghanistan, March 29, 2010. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicholas PilchObama: We Won't Be In Afghanistan 'In Perpetuity' -- USA Today
President Obama has re-affirmed his pledge to begin pulling out of Afghanistan in mid-2011, saying "we can't be there in perpetuity."
Obama also told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. he disputes the notion that the war in Afghanistan is getting worse.
"I do think that what we have seen is a blunting of the momentum of the Taliban, which had been building up in the year prior to me taking office," Obama said during the interview, designed in part to preview his visit to Australia in June.
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