U.S. Needs `Significant' Force in Afghanistan, Allen Says
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Marine General John Allen, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, said the U.S. will need to maintain “significant combat power” there in 2013.
That may mean keeping the 68,000 American personnel who will remain after Oct. 1, when the U.S. completes the withdrawal of 23,000 troops added in the surge of 2009, Allen said today at a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee.