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NBCU.S. soldiers are heading into what may be a pivotal Afghan fighting season that determines the scale of an initial U.S. troop withdrawal, now pegged at 5,000 in July, senior U.S. officials say. The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that preliminary proposals call for a 5,000-troop drawdown in July and as many as 5,000 more by the end of the year. The proposal was drawn up before the Pakistan raid that killed Osama bin Laden and has not formally been presented to Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
The proposal would not involve U.S. combat troops but would draw down "at the edges" and be spread across the entire U.S. force in Afghanistan, NBC News reported. No complete units or brigades would be withdrawn.
President Barack Obama has vowed to begin the gradual withdrawal of 100,000 U.S. troops in July as Washington takes steps to end a costly, unpopular war nearly a decade after the Taliban government was toppled.
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Cue Fox News and Republicans attacking President's Obama's weakness on National Security. Hey, if the corporate media can push the meme that Republicans are fiscally responsible, then watch the meme that thet are credible on national security notwithstanding 9/11 and the fruitless search for Bin Ladin.