WASHINGTON — Beginning to wind down a long and devastating war, President Barack Obama announced Wednesday night he was pulling home 33,000 troops from Afghanistan by next summer, withdrawing the "surge" of forces he had sent to rescue a flailing effort.
Obama: 30,000-plus surge troops leaving Afghanistan
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 | 8:42 p.m. CDT;
updated 3:13 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 19, 2011
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