Obama likely to cut 10K troops from Afghanistan
June 21, 2011 at 6:42 am in The Daily Republic
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama is expected to withdraw roughly 10,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan this year, with one brigade of about 5,000 forces leaving this summer and a second brigade of similar size coming home by the end of the year, a senior U.S. defense official said Tuesday.
