Obama Vows to End War but not Abandon Afghanistan

Olivier Knox
ABC OTUS News
May 2, 2012

President Barack Obama, on a surprise nighttime trip to Afghanistan, told war-weary Americans that he would keep his promise to wind down the unpopular conflict by the end of 2014 but also vowed he would not abandon the strife-torn country prematurely.

In a televised address from an aircraft hangar at Bagram Air Base, Obama said the daring raid that killed Osama bin Laden exactly one year ago meant that the goal of crushing the al-Qaida network was “now within our reach.”

“I recognize that many Americans are tired of war,” Obama said. “I will not keep Americans in harm’s way a single day longer than is absolutely required for our national security. But we must finish the job we started in Afghanistan and end this war responsibly.”

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This article was posted: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 3:00 pm

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