How a Troops Draw Down in Afghanistan Could Make Sense

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President Obama is set to announce the next step in the war in Afghanistan in a speech Wednesday. Andrew Bacevich, a professor of international relations at Boston University and Thomas Donnelly, who directs the Center for Defense Studies at the American Enterprise Institute talk with host Lisa Mullins about what sort of troop draw down makes sense.

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