Obama Likely to Bring 10K Troops Home This Year

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Obama Likely to Bring 10K Troops Home This Year


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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/06/22/us/politics/AP-US-US-Afghanistan.html?ref=news


THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: June 22, 2011 at 3:09 PM ET

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will map a course for drawing down the nearly 10-year war in Afghanistan Wednesday, when he is expected to set a target of bringing home about 30,000 troops by the end of 2012.

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The president is likely to pull out 10,000 troops by the end of this year, administration and Pentagon officials said, and aims to bring another 20,000 home by the end of next year.

But with 100,000 U.S. troops currently in Afghanistan, that drawdown may not be substantial enough to satisfy some lawmakers on Capitol Hill and a war-weary public.

The initial withdrawal is expected to happen in two phases, with 5,000 troops coming home this summer and an additional 5,000 by the end of the year, a senior U.S. defense official said.

The pace of bringing home the other 20,000 forces was unclear heading into Obama's primetime address to the nation Wednesday. The White House opted not to give the president's speech the weight of an Oval Office address. Instead, Obama was to speak for about 10 to 15 minutes from the East Room of the White House.

[CountAllVotes]

1. Big fucking deal

10,000 might return and another 100,000+ will stay forever or be reassigned. :grr:

[ixion]

2. Exactly

and it provides lip-service-cover for the 'stay on message' crew around here to make the bogus claim that he's keeping his promise to withdraw. :grr:

[CountAllVotes]

3. his "lip service" sickens me

He has no plans to withdraw anyone from anywhere. If anything, he will expand the whole mess and make it so big that America will never be able to "walk away".

:puke:

[TheWraith]

4. Right, because that's exactly what's happened in Iraq.

Oh wait, no it isn't. In fact, it's the opposite of what's happened in Iraq, where the last of our people are going to be gone by the end of the year.

[PADemD]

5. Ten thousand is not enough