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made it official. by january 15th, 2021, our forces their size in afghanistan will be 2,500 troops. our force size in iraq will also be 2,500 by that same date. reporter: that will mean 2,000 fewer troops in afghanistan, 500 fewer in iraq, and a far more rapid drawdown than anyone planned. so, four years ago, president trump ran on a promise to put a stop to america s endless wars. president trump is keeping that promise to the american people. reporter: but within hours of that announcement, rockets were launched near the u.s. embassy in iraq, reportedly killing a child. and on capitol hill, the criticism was swift from both sides of the aisle, with fears the troops left behind will be more vulnerable. this is the wrong thing to do. we want our troops home, but let s not bring them home in body bags. i think a precipitous
by the end of 2016, the president will announce the white house is saying that basically the u.s. force size in afghanistan will be reduced to the level of embassy protection and the forces that exist at the bagram air base. and so this is really putting a full stop to the war in afghanistan by the end of 2016. and that 9,800 force size that the president is going to lay out this afternoon, this is basically what u.s. military commanders have been calling for as a bare minimum, so at least the president is going to give them that. now, you mentioned what the afghans are going to do about this. the two president issal candidates in afghanistan indicated they will sign a bilateral security agreement. that is critical, because the u.s., the president has said he will not keep u.s. forces in afghanistan, there will be a full withdrawal from afghanistan at the end of 2014 absent the signing of that bilateral security agreement. the current president, hamid karzai, has said no, he s not goin
afghan officers earlier, they are very clear that is a very important part of making this of making the afghan national army grow. of course, it raises the question of whether or not this force size is sustainable for a government with the gdp this small. that is an issue. i think nato, the united states maybe including that particular in terms of the american public thinking about america s role here and our role as part of the coalition here, this nato training mission, do you think that what is happening now is sustainable in an afghan only environment? after coalition leaves, will afghanistan itself be able to sustain this kind of training they need for a police force this big? we are trying to build the foundation to train leaders. we are focusing on leader development. we are investing in literacy for
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