Pentagon Readies Options for Afghanistan Force After 2014
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Pentagon leaders intend to present President Barack Obama by year-end with options for how many U.S. troops to keep in Afghanistan next year and beyond, according to the Defense Department’s chief spokesman.
“We haven’t really reached a point where any single number has ripened into recommendations,” George Little told reporters yesterday, after the Wall Street Journal and New York Times quoted unnamed officials saying as many as 10,000 troops may remain after 2014.