Report: Obama To Withdraw 10,000 U.S. Troops From Afghanistan This Year -- Politico
President Barack Obama could announce a drawdown of 10,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year — more than some Pentagon advisors had recommended, according to a report Tuesday.
Administration officials from the Defense Department and other agencies told the Los Angeles Times that when the president speaks Wednesday night about the troop withdrawal, he could lay out a plan to bring home about 10,000 troops by the end of the year.
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Obama to Announce Afghanistan Troop Drawdown Numbers -- ABC News
Obama expected to announce major Afghan drawdown -- L.A. Times
Obama to Outline Plans for Beginning U.S. Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal -- Bloomberg
Obama to Announce Plans for Afghan Surge Pullout -- New York Times
Obama to Specify Afghanistan Troop Cuts -- Wall Street Journal
Barack Obama 'nears Afghanistan troop decision' -- BBC
Obama plans Wednesday speech on Afghanistan mission -- L.A. Times
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Obama to Announce Afghan Withdrawal Plans Wednesday -- Voice of America
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Afghanistan's war on 'agriterror' -- Al Jazeera
IMF Seeks to Avoid Repeating Kabul Bank Collapse Before Aid to Afghanistan -- Bloomberg
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Obama's Afghanistan decision: How many troops, how fast? -- David Jackson, USA Today
Analysis: The risks of reversing the Afghanistan surge -- David Sanger, Seattle Times/New York Times
Time to quit Afghanistan -- Richard Cohen, Washington Post
Never Mind The Drawdown: Taliban Talks, Not Troop Numbers, Are What Really Matter for Afghanistan -- Spencer Ackerman, The Danger Room
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