Slowing down US troop drawdown in Afghanistan: Forever is composed of nows. *
The Hill ?@thehill
Top Dem supports slowing down US troop drawdown in Afghanistan: http://ow.ly/JVgsF
____The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee said Wednesday he supported slowing down the pace of the U.S. troop drawdown in Afghanistan.
"For my part, I support increased flexibility in the pace of drawdown of our troops," Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) said in prepared remarks before a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Afghanistan.
"Staying in Afghanistan forever is unnecessary and counterproductive, but some flexibility in the pace of the drawdown of the last 10,000 troops seems to make a lot of sense," Smith said.
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter endorsed a conditions-based drawdown Tuesday at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.
"I think we can adjust our plan over the next year or two," he said. "I have discussed that here in Washington. ... I don't know what decisions the president will make in that regard or the timetable on which he'll make them."
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/234561-house-dem-supports-slowing-afghan-drawdown
* from Anno Dominies
Emily Dickenson
Forever is composed of Nows
Tis not a different time
Except for Infiniteness
And Latitude of Home
From this experienced Here
Remove the Dates to These
Let Months dissolve in further Months
And Years exhale in Years
Without Debate or Pause
Or Celebrated Days
No different Our Years would be