And boko haram Holding Hundreds of kidnap girls. President obama making a big announcement on u. S. Involvement in afghanistan today. He laid out how many u. S. Troops will stay in country at the beginning of this year. Well have approximately 989,800 u. S. Service members in different parts of the country. Mike viqueira in washington. Take us through the specifics of the troop withdraw plan. Reporter the president has long promised withdrawal by 2014. Its something that he has campaigned on and promised ever since. His surprise visit outside of kabul was a precursor to the announcement he made today. He laid out the numbers. At the height of mr. Obamas serge, by 2010 and 2011, u. S. Had 200,000 troops on the ground. By the time of his visit was 32,000. 9800 americans left in afghanistan. That number cut in half by the end of 2014. And by the end of 2016 the president promises the u. S. Will have a normal emabout as is presence and over 13 years of war. Now the americans who do remain
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good night, america. bret: next, the president s top advisers defend his new afghanistan strategy, while the men who must implement it talks with his commanders in the field. iran s combustible president was another fire, saying israel cannot stop him from his nuclear goals. as the global warming e-mail scandal simmers, some in congress questioned the legitimacy of climate change science, and the house is about to vote on the death tax. we are about to tell you how that will affect your life. all that, plus the fox all stars right here right now. [captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute www.ncicap.org welcome to washington. president obama did not take questions tuesday night when he announced his new afghanistan strategy. today, his advisers did. the country s top diplomat, a defense official, and military officer were all on capitol hill laying out the reasons for the new troops surge in afghanistan. senior white house
us in a couple of weeks, will be performing across the street as they light up the street. i told my family, let s go watch the tree lighting. good night, america. bret: next, the president s top advisers defend his new afghanistan strategy, while the men who must implement it talks with his commanders in the field. iran s combustible president was another fire, saying israel cannot stop him from his nuclear goals. as the global warming e-mail scandal simmers, some in congress questioned the legitimacy of climate change science, and the house is about to vote on the death tax. we are about to tell you how that will affect your life. all that, plus the fox all stars right here right now. [captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute www.ncicap.org welcome to washington. president obama did not take questions tuesday night when he announced his new afghanistan strategy. today, his advisers did. the country s top diplomat, a defe