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Adviser: Trump tweet about Afghanistan withdrawal was a wish

by Deb RiechmannLolita C. Baldor
| October 17, 2020 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's national security adviser on Friday doubled down on his assertion that the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan will shrink to 2,500 early next year, while suggesting that Trump's tweet that all forces should be home by Christmas was more a wish than a reality.

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