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Breaking News - US considers significant Afghanistan troop withdrawal: officials
Breaking News - US considers significant Afghanistan troop withdrawal: officials WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump is considering significantly drawing down troops from Afghanistan, two US officials told Reuters on Thursday, in the latest sign his patience is thinning both with America’s longest war and overseas military interventions, generally. Shortly after the officials spoke, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said he was quitting so that Trump could have a Pentagon chief more aligned with the president’s views. Mattis has argued for maintaining a strong US military presence in Afghanistan to bolster diplomatic peace efforts. He also opposed the US troop withdrawal from Syria that Trump announced on Wednesday, a move that has bewildered allies and triggered a harsh reaction from Republican allies in Congress. #GEONEWS #GEOBREAKINGNEWS

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