White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Tuesday at a press briefing that a decision to leave Afghanistan without a U.S. troop presence after 2014 was not “imminent.”
Carney stated that a so-called “zero option” remains a possibility, but said “this is not a decision that’s imminent.”
“Going forward after 2014 there will be very clear objectives. Those may be met by a residual force or they may be met by other means,” he added, emphasizing that the U.S. remains committed to the country.
The New York Times had reported Monday that President Barack Obama was seriously considering the “zero option” to pull all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan after 2014.
