Obama At Pentagon: Visiting Wednesday To Talk Iraq, Afghanistan

Obama At Pentagon: Visiting Wednesday To Talk Iraq, Afghanistan

President Obama is scheduled to visit the Pentagon tomorrow afternoon, where he is to meet with Defense Secretary Robert Gates and other military leaders about his plans to withdraw combat troops from Iraq while beefing up the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan.

Obama has called for the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq within 16 months, a mission he conveyed to military leaders during a White House meeting last Wednesday, one day after taking office. Meanwhile, U.S. military commanders in Afghanistan have called for 30,000 more U.S. troops to be sent there to help stabilize a situation that Obama has described as "perilous."

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