Avoiding Tensions, Obama Reassures Karzai - nytimes

WASHINGTON — President Obama promised President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan on Wednesday that the United States would remain in Afghanistan for the long haul, even as he vowed to stick to his timetable to begin withdrawing troops by July 2011. - Avoiding Tensions, Obama Reassures Karzai

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