Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), in a speech today at the University of Utah, will urge President Obama to bring American troops home from Afghanistan.
“I can take pot shots at ACORN all day long, and I’m good at it,” Chaffetz told Politico. “But even though I am probably going against where the party is on this traditionally, I just think we need to stand up and support the notion that it is time to bring our soldiers home.”
Chaffetz stands in opposition to many House Republicans, including Minority Leader John Boehner, who have endorsed Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s request for 40,000 more troops in Afghanistan.
The President will announce tomorrow his new strategy for the war, which is said to include an increase of more than 30,000 troops, as well as an exit strategy.
