Rockefeller calls for troops to leave Afghanistan
Rockefeller calls for troops to leave Afghanistan
Posted: Apr 02, 2012 1:36 PM CDT Updated: Apr 02, 2012 1:39 PM CDT
By Whitney Burdette
Days after President Barack Obama announced U.S. troops in Afghanistan would take on a support role by the end of 2013, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., is calling on the president to bring soldiers home sooner.
In a letter to the president, Rockefeller asks him to "look at every possible avenue for safely and responsibly bringing our troops home even more expeditiously."
"I have long had, and continue to have, grave concerns about our military commitment to Afghanistan," Rockefeller wrote. "Over the past weeks, the spate of tragic killings of American soldiers by their Afghan partners, combined with the widespread anti-American protests that followed the accidental burning of Korans at Bagram Airfield and the alleged murder of a number of Afghan civilians by a U.S. service member underscore the daunting complexities of our forces' efforts in Afghanistan."
Rockefeller went on to say in the letter that those examples highlight "a harsh reality that persists in Afghanistan." Despite military successes, Rockefeller said, no amount of money, time or heroism can address Afghanistan's deep-seated challenges. ...
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