On the recordFebruary 10, 2015
we will have approximately 9,800 U.S. service members. By the end of 2015, we will have reduced that presence by roughly half
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congress.govBarack Obama: “we will have approximately 9,800 U.S. service members. By the end of 2015, we will have reduced that presence by roughly…”
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Obama outlined troop reduction plans in Afghanistan.
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