U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., incoming commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, and U.S. Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, outgoing commander, participate in a change-of-command ceremony at the International Security Assistance Force headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 10, 2013. DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen
Obama To Announce Return Of 34,000 Troops From Afghanistan -- Reuters
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama will announce in his State of the Union address on Tuesday that 34,000 troops will return from Afghanistan by early 2014, a source familiar with the speech told Reuters.
"The president will announce that 34,000 troops will be back from Afghanistan a year from tonight," the source said on condition of anonymity.
Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai last month agreed to speed the handover of combat operations in Afghanistan to Afghan forces.
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My Comment: Only 34,000 .... I expected a bigger number. The Pentagon is still pushing a different plan.
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