The withdrawal of the remaining 3,500 or so troops from Afghanistan is expected to be finished by as early as mid-July, even after President Joe Biden, while announcing the drawdown, has given a deadline of Sept. 17, 2020 Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller formally announces that the U.S. He said that in addition to the two larger bases, the United States would also keep вЂњseveral satellite bases.вЂќ Pentagon officials said an Army Ranger unit is also expected to be sent to support the drawdown. The American force in Afghanistan did indeed peak in 2011 and. The minority of lawmakers who have expressed support for the proposed drawdown include Golden, a marine veteran who served in Afghanistan and Iraq between 20 and now represents a. 20.ДЄrmy General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, offered the first details about the drawdown at an event hosted by the Brookings Institution think tank. Just recently, the Senate Armed Services Committee received testimony from Secretary of Defense Austin and Chairman Milley about the disaster in Afghanistan and the latterвЂ™s statement for the record characterized the withdrawal as a 10-year multi-administration drawdown. military mission after Trump leaves office on Jan. CNN reported that there are fewer than 10,000 troops in Afghanistan putting the U.S. TrumpвЂ™s post-election decision last month to cut nearly half of the roughly 4,500 troops currently in Afghanistan came before military leaders could devise plans to execute a drawdown, leaving many questions unanswered about the future U.S. has continued to draw down forces to a goal of 8,600 by July. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley gives remarks during the 19th annual September 11 observance ceremony at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., September 11, 2020.

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