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    What's Next in Afghanistan?

    When America's 33,000- troop "surge" in Afghanistan ended a week before President Obama's deadline this coming Sunday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta made the announcement during a trip to New Zealand.  In today's speech to the UN , the President mentioned Afghanistan only once.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    When America's 33,000- troop "surge" in Afghanistan ended a week before President Obama's deadline this coming Sunday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta made the announcement during a trip to New Zealand. In today's speech to the UN, the President mentioned Afghanistan only once. Sixty-eight thousand American soldiers are scheduled to stay in Afghanistan until 2014. What did hundreds of lives and tens of billions of dollars accomplish over the past two years? Soldiers, diplomats, and other observers don't agree. It's unclear if it's safe for remaining coalition troops to train Afghan security forces, or if the Taliban are just waiting for final US withdrawal. What's likely to happen between now and then? Does America have the political will to make good on its promise to maintain Afghanistan's integrity long after that?

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    What's Next in Afghanistan?
    1. 0:00President Obama Addresses United Nations
    2. 7:06What's Next in Afghanistan?You’re reading this
    3. 43:18College Science Profs Show Bias against Women Undergrads
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