in the White House that night nationally televised speech

in the White House that night nationally televised speech, announced the planned withdrawal from Afghanistan. He said the United States in this video: Obama announces withdrawal of U.S. troops in Afghanistan schedule Source: CCTV news channel withdraw from Afghanistan before the end of the year 10,000 American soldiers, before the end of summer next year a total of 3.3 million people evacuated. By then, the U.S. military forces in Afghanistan will return to Barack Obama before the end of 2009 announced that the size of the surge.

Obama in December 2009 announced that 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, followed by an additional 3,000 troops. The surge, while Obama has promised to withdraw troops from July this year, before the end of 2014 the full transfer of security responsibilities to Afghan security forces to Afghanistan.