this morning on "world news now," presidential priority. barack obama details his plans to pull american troops out of afghanistan. >> his withdrawal time line and what it means for the military and the american taxpayer. it's thursday, june 23rd. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning. i'm peggy bunker. >> and i'm daniel sieberg. rob nelson is on assignment. with the president's approval rating dropping he hit the air waves last night outlining plans to get the u.s. out of an unpopular war. we'll explain why his troop withdrawal plan will be a gradual one. you would of course expect that with nearly 100,000 troops there in afghanistan. essentially going to go on over a period of years, not months. >> and people will be comparing how many troops were there in the bush era as opposed to now. >> right, with the surge that