Obama plans almost 10,000 troops in Afghanistan next year
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U.S. President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he wants more than 9,800 U.S. troops to stay in Afghanistan after the end of 2014, with the number cut roughly in half by the end of 2015. By the end of 2016, he said, the military "will draw down to a normal embassy presence in Kabul, with a security assistance component."
Obama said this year is a "pivotal year" in Afghanistan, saying that 2014 will mark the conclusion of the U.S. combat mission there.
are we sending the military back?