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  • Obama to announce return of 30,000 troops from Afghanistan by end of next year

    06/22/2011 9:19:24 AM PDT · by americanophile · 70 replies
    CBS News ^ | June 22, 2011 | Corbett B. Daly
    President Obama's "surge" of 30,000 troops to Afghanistan announced in late 2009 was meant to be temporary, and Wednesday night the president is expected to announce that they will return home by around the time voters head to the polls to determine whether he gets another term. In prime-time speech to the nation, Obama is expected to say about 5,000 troops will begin coming home this summer with an additional 5,000 troops by the end of this year, sources told CBS News. And about 20,000 more troops are expected to return to the United States by the end of 2012,...
  • Bush accepts Ukraine's Iraq withdrawal

    04/05/2005 1:14:54 AM PDT · by JohnHuang2 · 2 replies · 250+ views
    Washington Times ^ | Tuesday, April 5, 2005 | By Bill Sammon
    <p>President Bush yesterday welcomed newly elected Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko to the White House and shrugged off Ukraine's decision to withdraw troops from Iraq. "He campaigned on the idea of bringing some troops out," Mr. Bush said in a joint press conference with Mr. Yushchenko in the East Room. "He's fulfilling a campaign pledge -- I fully understand that." Mr. Bush has asked Congress for $60 million to help the reform-minded Mr. Yushchenko fight corruption in Ukraine.</p>