Obama to Keep Troops in Afghanistan Beyond 2016

President Barack Obama will keep 5,500 U.S. troops in Afghanistan when he leaves office in 2017
Obama to Keep Troops in Afghanistan Beyond 2016
US army soldiers walk as a NATO helicopter flies overhead at coalition force Forward Operating Base (FOB) Connelly in the Khogyani district in the eastern province of Nangarhar, on Aug. 13, 2015. Wakil Kohsar/AFP/Getty Images
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