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General Says Afghans Need Big U.S. Force Beyond 2012

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In testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Marine Gen. John Allen made his most direct comments about whether he might advocate a freeze on troop withdrawals despite political pressures for a quicker exit. The pace of reducing American forces in Afghanistan looms as a partisan issue ahead of the election, although both Democrats and Republicans have endorsed an agreed-upon timeline under which the NATO mission in Afghanistan would come to a close at the end of 2014.
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