WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will announce on Wednesday plans to withdraw 10,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan this year and 23,000 more by the end of summer of 2012, a congressional aide said.
Obama plans to outline the plan in an 8 p.m. EDT (0000 GMT) speech from the White House.
(Reporting by Steve Holland, Editing by Sandra Maler)
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