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Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Odonnell good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im norah odonnell. This is our western edition. President obama says it is time to turn the page on more than a decade of war. He laid out his plan today for bringing americas longest war to a conclusion. The u. S. Combat mission in afghanistan will end at the end of this year. And the last u. S. Troops will come home two years later, before he leaves office. President george w. Bush ordered the invasion of afghanistan after the 9 11 attacks to oust the taliban, who had given al qaeda a base of operations. More than 2,100 americans were killed in the war, more than 19,000 wounded. Major garrett has more now on the road ahead in afghanistan. Major. Reporter this, norah, is the endgame. No more u. S. Military combat operations after this year, and then a twoyear mission of Training Afghan forces and assisting in ....

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