Obama's Afghan plan to start with 5,000-troop cut

Obama will announce the first phase of a promised drawdown and could also commit to removing by the end of 2012 the remainder of the 30,000 extra "surge" troops he ordered deployed 18 months ago, according to a congressional source and U.S. official familiar with the ]]>Oil painting reproductions]]> deliberations.]]>Ugg boots]]>,]]>Wholesale Ugg]]>,]]>Ugg Outlet]]>;]]>Ugg Outlet Store]]>;]]>UGG Bailey Button Boots]]>;]]>UGG Tasmina Sandals]]>
The president made his final decision on Tuesday on the scale and pace of a U.S. troop pullback in Afghanistan and will outline his plan in a televised address from the White House at 8 p.m. EDT (midnight GMT) on Wednesday.]]>UGG Gypsy Sandals]]>;]]>UGG Fluff Flip Flop Slipper]]>;]]>UGG Sundance Ii Boots]]>;]]>UGG Ascot Slippers]]>;]]>UGG Fluff Scuff Ii]]>
Obama's announcement comes amid growing calls from an anxious Congress for an endgame in Afghanistan and appeals from the military not to tie its hands against a Taliban-led insurgency.
He has sought to balance arguments from Defense Secretary Robert Gates and military leaders for a slow drawdown of the 100,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan against White House advisers advocating an accelerated pullout now that Osama bin Laden is dead and the 2012 re-election campaign is approaching.]]>UGG Bags]]>;]]>UGG Classic Argyle Knit]]>;]]>UGG Classic Cardy Boots]]>;]]>UGG Classic Mini Boots]]>;]]>UGG Classic Short Boots]]>
But there were doubts whether Obama's decision would reconcile these conflicting pressures or satisfy any of the major players.
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