Obama Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal Timeline

Amanda Terkel

WATCH: Petraeus Backs Obama On Afghanistan Drawdown

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 08.23.2011

WASHINGTON -- Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, told members of Congress Thursday that he backs President Barack Obama's pla...

Amanda Terkel

Democrats Disappointed With Obama's Afghanistan Speech

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 08.22.2011

WASHINGTON -- Democratic lawmakers who have been pressing for a sizable and significant withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan almost universally ...

Obama's Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal Speech

Posted 08.22.2011

In a speech to the nation Wednesday night, President Barack Obama announced the withdrawal of 10,000 troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year an...

Amanda Terkel

Obama Announces Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal In Speech To Nation

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 08.22.2011

WASHINGTON -- In a much-anticipated prime time address on Wednesday, President Barack Obama laid out the beginning of the U.S. drawdown in Afghanistan...

Obama Sets Course For Troop Withdrawal In Afghanistan

AP | BEN FELLER and JULIE PACE | Posted 08.22.2011

WASHINGTON — Beginning to wind down a long and devastating war, President Barack Obama announced Wednesday night he was pulling home 33,000 U.S....

Afghanistan Troop Cut Likely Near 10,000 For This Year: Report

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 08.21.2011

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A senior U.S. defense official says the troop withdrawal to be announced Wednesday by President Barack Obama is likely to total two...

Obama 'Finalizing' Decision On Plans For Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 08.20.2011

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will announce the critical next steps in America's decade-long war in Afghanistan on Wednesday, outlining bo...