President Dummy Laureate learns you can't just pick an arbitrary end date to leave:
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama said Thursday he has ordered a slowdown in the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, marking a reversal in his war plan and effectively handing a U.S. presence there over to his successor.
Under pressure at home and abroad, Mr. Obama said that—following a strategy review—the U.S. will maintain the current American force of 9,800 troops in Afghanistan through most of next year and leave a force of 5,500 U.S. troops in the country in 2017, after he leaves office.
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WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama said Thursday he has ordered a slowdown in the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, marking a reversal in his war plan and effectively handing a U.S. presence there over to his successor.
Under pressure at home and abroad, Mr. Obama said that—following a strategy review—the U.S. will maintain the current American force of 9,800 troops in Afghanistan through most of next year and leave a force of 5,500 U.S. troops in the country in 2017, after he leaves office.
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