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Obama: 10K Troops Home By Dec. 31

President Barack Obama says 10,000 troops will come home from Afghanistan by the end of this year as the U.S. mission shifts from combat to support after nearly 10 years of war. The president said a total of 33,000 troops would be withdrawn by next summer, as he announced what he called "the beginning but not the end of our effort to wind down this war"/Associated Press. More here.

Question: Would 2008 presidential candidate Barack Obama approve of the time table to fight the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan being used by President Barack Obama?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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