
June 22, 2011
Barack Obama
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Obama: 30,000-plus surge troops leaving Afghanistan
WASHINGTON -- Beginning to wind down a long and devastating war, President Barack Obama announced Wednesday night he was pulling home 33,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan by next summer, withdrawing the ''surge'' of forces he had sent to rescue a flailing effort.

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