Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford retires later this month, but in his own quiet way he is leaving behind his recommendation for the current problem of when to reduce U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan.
It’s clear that President Trump still wants to cut American forces as contemplated in the now “dead” political settlement reached with the Taliban by Presidential envoy Zalmay Khalizad.
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