EDITORIAL: The Pace of Leaving Afghanistan

Seventeen months ago, President Obama said that the 30,000 American troops deployed to Afghanistan for the “surge” would be home by this September, and he made good on that promise. He also said troop reductions would continue at a “steady pace” until the remaining 66,000 were out by the end of 2014. - The Pace of Leaving Afghanistan  - nytimes
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