Obama Holds to Afghanistan Withdrawal Deadline MARK LANDLER The president was rejecting a growing chorus of arguments in Washington that the chaos in Iraq should prompt him to reconsider his timetable for withdrawing the last soldiers from Afghanistan by the end of 2016. August 20, 2014 at 4:00AM http://nyti.ms/1AwzKyF http://nyti.ms/1rVzQKP The New York Times World Afghanistan War (2001- ), United States Defense and Military Forces, United States International Relations

By MARK LANDLER via NYT / Eethg. Corps. Inc. / Terrence Herschel G. World http://nyti.ms/1AwzKyF Obama Holds to Afghanistan Withdrawal Deadline August 20, 2014 at 4:00AM http://nyti.ms/1rVzQKP The New York Times