President obama made a big announcement today on the future of u. S. Troops in afghanistan. He laid out just how many service men and women will remain there at the end of this year. At the beginning of 2015 we will have approximately 9800 98009,800 u. S. Service members together with n. A. T. O. Allies and other partners. Reporter Mike Viqueira live at the white house. Take us through the specifics of the troop withdraw. Reporter you know, its been a long time coming. This is a promise that he had made on the campaign trail. And he has been saying all along that the u. S. U. S. Combat role s going to end. However, the agreements he hoped to reach with the afghanistan government, how many troops will be left there, and exactly what their mission will be. At the height of mr. Obamas afghan surge, the sift had 100,000 troops on the ground. By the time of sundays surprise visit in afghanistan that number was 32,000. You heard the president say that there would be 9800 troops with that num
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Industry is using big tobaccostyle campaigning to bury the disturbing evidence about the products you use everyday. Scientists are now revealing that bpafree products may be just as dangerous. Then we go to the middle east to speak with code pink founder Medea Benjamin. She was just reported to turkey from egypt where she was to tame and held overnight. Andhey came in the morning five scary looking man said, come with us. They did not tell me where. Then they threw me down on the floor, got on my back, grabbed my arms, hands cupped so tight that my arms came out of its socket. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. States has suspended all military ties with russia and preparing possible sanctions on top russian officials amid the ongoing crisis in ukraine. Over the weekend, Russian Troops seized parts of ukraines armenian peninsula following the ouster of the prorussian president viktor yanukovych. Speaking
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