U.S. President Barack Obama makes a statement about military troop pullout from Afghanistan. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Following 12 years of war, Obama plans to to cut combat troops to 9,800 after 2014.
Read more...Afghan President Hamid Karzai (background) and U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta photographed Jan. 10, 2013 (Creative Commons)
Afghan forces will be put into combat lead in the spring rather than summer.
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