Senate Leaders Agree: US Should Keep Timetable for Afghanistan Withdrawal
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Democratic and Republican leaders of the Senate both said Tuesday they don’t believe the shooting rampage this weekend in Kandahar should affect the timetable for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanista…
Obama: Afghanistan Massacre Underscores Need to Withdraw Responsibly
Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Obama said Monday that the shooting of 16 Afghan villagers, apparently by a U.S. soldier, underscores the need to withdraw U.S. combat troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014.Speaking to ABC’s …
Romney Calls Panetta’s Afghanistan Withdrawal Announcement ‘Misguided’
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(LAS VEGAS) — Mitt Romney has offered harsh criticism of a plan outlined by Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta to possibly withdraw U.S. combat troops from Afghanistan in 2013, calling the administration’s decision to annou…
US Aims to Switch Away from Combat in Afghanistan Next Year
TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images(BRUSSELS, Belgium) — American troops will still leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014, but Defense Secretary Leon Panetta laid out a plan Wednesday that by late next year U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan could switch from …