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Leon Panetta: Hopefully by mid to the latter part of 2013, we will be able to make a transition from a combat role to a training…

On the recordMay 9, 2012
Hopefully by mid to the latter part of 2013, we will be able to make a transition from a combat role to a training, advice, and assist role.
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Leon Panetta
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Panetta expressed hope for transitioning U.S. troops' roles in Afghanistan by 2013.

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