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Bush Keeps Troop Levels Steady through Remainder of Term
President Bush announced today that about 8,000 US troops will be withdrawn from Iraq by February, but that thousands of additional troops will be sent to Afghanistan before he leaves office because of worsening violence in that country. Gordon Lubold is Pentagon correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor .
By Lawrence O'Donnell • • 1 min readPresident Bush announced today that about 8,000 US troops will be withdrawn from Iraq by February, but that thousands of additional troops will be sent to Afghanistan before he leaves office because of worsening violence in that country. Gordon Lubold is Pentagon correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor.