Director for South Asia Security Studies, Center for American Progress,
Director for South Asia Security Studies at the Center for American Progress
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Caroline Wadhams
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FROM Caroline Wadhams
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President Obama Claims Progress in Afghanistan After the much-awaited White House review , President Obama said today that gains in Afghanistan are "fragile" but real. He still hopes to begin a so-called "conditions-based" withdrawal in July of next year.
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President Obama Claims Progress in Afghanistan Having sent 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, President Obama conceded today that progress is "fragile." He still thinks withdrawal can begin next July, but also said the war is moving into what he called a "new phase," and that US combat forces will remain until December, 2014.
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