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Tag: Drawdown

U.S. Army / Staff Sgt. Andrew Smith

The many contradictions in President Obama’s speech about Afghanistan Wednesday night were perhaps intended to obscure the bottom line: Tens of thousands of American troops will remain for at least three more years, some of them will be maimed or killed, and Obama offered no good reason why.

Posted on Jun 23, 2011 READ MORE | 92 COMMENTS

Trapped in Afghanistan

By Mike Luckovich —

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U.S. Air Force / Staff Sgt. Larry E. Reid Jr.

Bad News for a Country Tired of War

By Bill Boyarsky —

Barack Obama’s plan for a limited withdrawal from Afghanistan means tens of thousands of American troops will remain there, many of them fighting, for several years to come.

Posted on Jun 23, 2011 READ MORE | 116 COMMENTS

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‘Leave the Shooters Until Last,’ Gates Urges

Ahead of policy deliberations in Washington, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates argued for a modest approach to the U.S. troop drawdown in Afghanistan that will begin next month. He favors the removal of support forces in a strategy that would leave as much “combat power” in place as possible until the war’s end.

Posted on Jun 6, 2011 READ MORE | 2 COMMENTS

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Gates Ponders Delaying Iraq Drawdown

Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he’s considering delaying this summer’s planned reduction of U.S. troops in Iraq in order to look into how the drawdown would impact security, an approach also supported by Gen. David Petraeus.