Tuesday, December 1, 2009

BREAKING NEWS: Troops to start leaving Afghanistan ‘well before’ end of Obama's term, official tells AP

By GottaLaff

UPDATE: Not so fast...? (h/t: Plutoniumpage) Every network is reporting this, but:

President Obama will not announce a three year time frame for withdrawing U.S. Troops from Afghanistan, despite a CNN report to the contrary.

"That's wrong. The time frame of 3 years is nowhere in the speech," White House spokesman Tommy Vietor told The Cable. He added that Gibbs' statement was accurate but did not elaborate.

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Waiting for more, which may not be available until President Obama's speech. I'll update if and when I find more.

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