[DAWN] US forces have not yet been ordered to pull out of Afghanistan despite President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
's plan to end involvement there, the commander of American forces in the Middle East, said on Thursday.
"We have not been directed to withdraw. There are no orders to withdraw anything," Central Command chief General Joseph Votel told the House Armed Services Committee.
"The political conditions of where we are in the reconciliation right now don't merit withdrawal," he said.
After 17 years, Trump wants to end US involvement in Afghanistan, where 14,000 American troops are still deployed. |