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The Pentagon has issued a notice to commanders known as a 'warning order.' According to CNN, officials say it's to begin planning to draw down the number of troops in Afghanistan to 2,500 troops and 2,500 in Iraq by Jan 15. US military commanders expect President Donald Trump to issue a formal order to begin further troop withdrawal before Trump leaves office on January 20th. The Pentagon appears ready to remove thousands more US troops from Afghanistan and Iraq. However, it also indicates Trump may fall short of fulfilling one of his core promises to withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan before he leaves office. Multiple top military officials, including former Defense Secretary Mark Esper, said conditions were not yet right for complete troop withdrawal.
Former Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg lashed out at the eldest son of President Donald Trump on Friday. On Thursday, Donald Trump Jr. falsely minimized the deaths related to coronavirus, telling Fox News the Trump administration had the pandemic under control. Cases and deaths from the novel coronavirus in the US are rising rapidly. The US broke its single-day coronavirus case record last week with over 88,000 new COVID-19 cases in a single day, in addition to over 1,000 deaths. Business Insider reports Buttigieg criticized Trump Jr. for being 'out of touch' when he said US coronavirus deaths are down to 'almost nothing.' Tell that to any of the Americans who are confronting what is literally the worst mass casualty event in this country since World War II. Pete Buttigieg
Last week, US National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien said the US would reduce the number of US troops in Afghanistan from 4,500 down to 2,500 by year's end. O'Brien added that the drawdown would take place, regardless of the conditions on the ground. But on Sunday, America's most senior general publicly pushed back at O'Brien's remarks, calling them 'speculation.' Robert O'Brien, or anyone else, can speculate as they see fit, I am not going to engage in speculation, I'm going to engage in the rigorous analysis of the situation based on the conditions and the plans that I'm aware of in my conversations with the President. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley The mixed messages from the Pentagon and the White House come as the Taliban launched a major military offensive against the Afghan government. The attack prompted US military aircraft to carry out a series of airstrikes against Taliban fighters in recent days.
Donald Trump tells Americans "it is time for our country to come together" after he won the Iowa caucuses, cementing his status as the likely Republican challenger to take on President Joe Biden in November's election. SOUNDBITE
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan celebrates with his supporters after scoring a decisive victory in snap parliamentary elections, bolstering his rule after months of discontent and protests following a military defeat to Azerbaijan IMAGES
Caracas, Feb 17 (EFE).- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Wednesday that his government had "heaps of contacts" with the Donald Trump administration, which imposed assorted sanctions against the Caribbean country and maintained a publicly confrontational stance vis-a-vis Caracas."It was (a government) against international law, antidiplomatic, antipolitical, despite which - in private - you know, and now I can talk about it, we had heaps of contacts with the Trump administration. The Trump administration was chaotic," the Venezuelan leader said at a press conference.Maduro went on to say that the Venezuelan government spoke "on various occasions" with then-US envoy to Venezuela, Elliott Abrams, "in the Caribbean." (Camera: JACKDWIN SAEZ).SHOT LIST: VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT NICOLAS MADURO SPEAK DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE MIRAFLORES PALACE, IN CARACAS, VENEZUELA. SOUND BITE: VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT NICOLAS MADURO (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATION: It was (a government) against international law, antidiplomatic, antipolitical, despite which - in private - you know, and now I can talk about it, we had heaps of contacts with the Trump administration. The Trump administration was chaotic.
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