Obama to withdraw on his commitments on Afghanistan and Iraq in upcoming speech

See, he promised his constituents to withdraw, which he hasn't and won't. The USA made commitments in Afghanistan and Iraq, and under Obama - those are always at a shady state.


Golfer in chief.

Will he use demise of UBL as excuse to completely withdraw from the war on terror? For left-wing political purposes ahead of election... everything is possible with president Obama.

Obama to give speech on Afghanistan troop withdrawal this week

President Barack Obama will give a speech on the Afghanistan troop drawdown on Wednesday, a senior administration official said Monday.

The news came hours after White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters that Obama had yet to make a final decision on the size and scope of the troop withdrawal, but would do so "soon."

"The president is still in a process of finalizing his decision on the pace and scope of the drawdown that will begin in July of 2011," Carney said Monday afternoon. "He's finalizing his decision. He's reviewing the options and the assessments and will have an announcement to make soon."

An estimated 100,000 U.S. troops are serving in Afghanistan, some 30,000 of which are part of the so-called surge ordered in late 2009 in a bid to control the rising violence.