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Eugene

(61,900 posts)
Fri Jan 11, 2013, 04:19 PM Jan 2013

U.S. forces to move to Afghan support role in spring: Obama

Source: Reuters

U.S. forces to move to Afghan support role in spring: Obama

WASHINGTON | Fri Jan 11, 2013 2:48pm EST
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday said U.S. and coalition forces will move to a support role in the Afghan conflict this spring.

Obama, during a news conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, said he will announce the next steps in the U.S. troop drawdown in Afghanistan in coming months.

(Reporting By White House team)


http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/11/us-obama-afghanistan-idUSBRE90A0ZT20130111
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U.S. forces to move to Afghan support role in spring: Obama (Original Post) Eugene Jan 2013 OP
I wish all our forces well over there--the smoother it goes, TwilightGardener Jan 2013 #1

TwilightGardener

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1. I wish all our forces well over there--the smoother it goes,
Fri Jan 11, 2013, 04:26 PM
Jan 2013

the better a case is made for pulling them all out.

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