KPIX CBS Evening News With Norah ODonnell November 18, 2020 02:42:00
Where this started in 2001. >> reporter: senior military commanders were opposed to any decrease, but faced with president trumps determination to bring troops home, they responded, in the words of one military officer, "if you want to drawdown, we recommend you go to 2,500." president trump also decided to go from 3,000 down to 2,500 troops in iraq where u.s. personnel remain under the threat of attack by iranian- backed militias. acting secretary miller had barely finished announcing the drawd...
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