Obama Administration Defends Afghanistan Withdrawal Timeline
VOA News - Sun May 27, 2:03 pm ETThe Obama administration is defending a NATO plan to gradually end combat operations in Afghanistan. The future of America’s longest-ever war has become an issue in the 2012 presidential race. Last week, the United States and NATO allies affirmed a plan that would leave international forces in a non-combat, supportive role in Afghanistan by the end of 2014. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta ...







