President Barack Obama will deliver a highly anticipated speech Wednesday evening about troop withdrawals from Afghanistan.
The address is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET.
On Tuesday, an administration official told CNN that Obama will announce this week that 30,000 U.S. “surge” forces will be fully withdrawn from Afghanistan by the end of 2012.
Members of Congress are being informed that 10,000 troops will be withdrawn by the end of this year, followed by another 20,000 next year, a congressional source said.
The time frame would give U.S. commanders another two “fighting” seasons with the bulk of U.S. forces still available for combat operations. more