BAGRAM SURVEY - U.S. Air Force airmen survey the area during a routine patrol outside Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 1, 2011. The airmen are assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sheila deVeraLawmakers Urging Speedy Pullout In Afghanistan Unlikely To Make Headway -- Washington Post
On Capitol Hill, the death of Osama bin Laden has triggered renewed calls from legislators in both parties for the United States to speed up its withdrawal from Afghanistan.
But it does not seem to have removed the two political obstacles that have kept these same lawmakers from putting real pressure on the White House in the past.
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Lawmakers to President Obama: Get Out of Afghanistan -- ABC News
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Frontline Taliban promise revenge attacks after bin Laden -- Reuters
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Roadside bomb kills NATO soldier in Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/AP
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Army secretary visits troops in Kandahar -- Stars and Stripes
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After bin Laden: Cautionary hopes on Afghanistan war -- Christian Science Monitor editorial
What Impact Does Bin Laden's Death Have on Afghanistan, NATO's Mission? -- Voice of America
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