Steeper Pullout Is Raised as Option for Afghanistan
Steeper Pullout Is Raised as Option for Afghanistan by David E. Sanger, Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker, New York Times. BLUF: “President Obama’s national security team is contemplating troop reductions in Afghanistan that would be steeper than those discussed even a few weeks ago, with some officials arguing that such a change is justified by the rising cost of the war and the death of Osama bin Laden, which they called new ‘strategic considerations.'”