Majority Support Quick Troop Withdrawal from Afghanistan – Pew Research Center

The PEW foundation reports that it’s polling research demonstrates that an overwhelming majority of Americans support the immediate removal of troops from Afghanistan …  The Romney campaign insists on building the military in antiquated ways that do not match today’s modern military and geopolitical needs.

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“Six-in-ten Americans (60%) say U.S. troops should be removed from Afghanistan as soon as possible, unchanged from the percentage that said this in April. Just 35% currently say troops should remain in the …”

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NATO Formally Agrees to Transition on Afghan Security – NYTimes.com

President Obama and leaders of America’s NATO allies on Monday agreed to end their lead role in the decade-long war in Afghanistan next summer, saying it is time for the Afghan people to take …

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Obama’s Journey to Reshape Afghan War – NYTimes.com

It was just one brief exchange about Afghanistan with an aide late in 2009, but it suggests how President Obama’s thinking about what he once called …

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On Surprise Trip to Kabul, Obama Signs Afghan Pact – NYTimes.com

President Obama made a surprise trip here on Tuesday to sign a landmark strategic partnership agreement between the United States and Afghanistan in a midnight ceremony meant to mark the beginning of the end of a war that has lasted for …

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Most Swing Voters Favor Afghan Troop Withdrawal | Pew Research Center for the People and the Press

Public support for maintaining U.S. forces in Afghanistan has reached a new low. And as the general election campaign begins, swing voters, by nearly two-to-one, favor removing U.S. troops from Afghanistan as soon as possible.

Nearly two-thirds (65%) of voters who say they are certain to support Barack Obama in the general election favor a rapid U.S. troop withdrawal. But support for a troop pullout is nearly as extensive (59%) among swing voters — those who are either undecided in their general election preferences, lean toward a candidate or say they may still change their minds. Swing voters make up nearly a quarter (23%) of all registered voters.

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U.S. Sergeant Faces 17 Counts of Murder in Afghan Killings – NYTimes.com

Staff Sgt. Robert Bales will be charged on Friday with 17 counts of murder and various other charges, including attempted murder, in connection with the March 11 attack on …

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The Afghanistan Report the Pentagon Doesn’t Want You to Read | Michael Hastings | Rolling Stone

Earlier this week, the New York Times’ Scott Shane published a bombshell piece about Lt. Colonel Daniel Davis, a 17-year Army veteran recently returned from a second tour in …

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Against Odds, Path Opens Up for U.S.-Taliban Talks – NYTimes.com

Over the last year, Marc Grossman, a veteran but low-key diplomat, led a small team of American officials who met secretly from Doha, Qatar, to Munich with a shadowy representative …

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