WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday a plan to start bringing U.S. troops home from Afghanistan in a significant first step toward ending the long, costly Afghan war.
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about the war in Afghanistan during a televised address from the East Room of the White House in Washington June 22, 2011. (REUTERS/Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Pool)
In a televised address, Obama said he would pull 10,000 troops from Afghanistan by year's end, followed by about 23,000 more by the end of next summer.
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