Barack Obama: “Thanks to our extraordinary men and women in uniform, our civilian personnel and our many coalition partners, we are…”

“Thanks to our extraordinary men and women in uniform, our civilian personnel and our many coalition partners, we are meeting our goals. As a result, starting next month, we will be able to remove 10,000 of our troops from Afghanistan by the end of this year, and we will bring home a total of 33,000 troops by next summer, fully recovering the surge I announced at West Point.”