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calculoso · 11-17-2020, 12:38 PM

US announces further drawdown of troops in Afghanistan and Iraq before Biden takes office

https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/17/polit...gon/index.html

(CNN) - Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher C. Miller announced Tuesday that the US will withdraw thousands more US troops from Afghanistan and Iraq by Jan 15, 2021 -- just days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office, confirming plans first reported by CNN on Monday.

Miller said the withdrawal of 2,500 troops from both countries "does not equate change" to US policies or objectives.

Currently there are approximately 4,500 US troops in Afghanistan and 3,000 troops in Iraq.

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A series of sweeping changes at the Pentagon last week that started with the firing of Defense Secretary of Mark Esper saw Trump loyalists installed in influential. Knowledgeable sources told CNN's Jake Tapper last week that the White House-directed purge at the Defense Department may have been motivated by the fact that Esper and his team were pushing back on a premature withdrawal from Afghanistan, which would be carried out before the required conditions on the ground were met.

11-17-2020, 12:38 PM	#6387
calculoso Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Ontario Exp:	US announces further drawdown of troops in Afghanistan and Iraq before Biden takes office https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/17/polit...gon/index.html (CNN) - Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher C. Miller announced Tuesday that the US will withdraw thousands more US troops from Afghanistan and Iraq by Jan 15, 2021 -- just days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office, confirming plans first reported by CNN on Monday. Miller said the withdrawal of 2,500 troops from both countries "does not equate change" to US policies or objectives. Currently there are approximately 4,500 US troops in Afghanistan and 3,000 troops in Iraq. .. A series of sweeping changes at the Pentagon last week that started with the firing of Defense Secretary of Mark Esper saw Trump loyalists installed in influential. Knowledgeable sources told CNN's Jake Tapper last week that the White House-directed purge at the Defense Department may have been motivated by the fact that Esper and his team were pushing back on a premature withdrawal from Afghanistan, which would be carried out before the required conditions on the ground were met.