White House: Obama To Announce Troop Reduction In Afghanistan

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President Obama will announce during his State of the Union address that 34,000 American troops currently based in Afghanistan will return home by this time next year, a senior Obama administration official confirmed Tuesday.

There will be no other troop number announcements during the State of the Union, according to the official. CNN’s Jake Tapper first reported the news. 

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