U.S. Vice President Biden Says US to Be out of Afghanistan by 2014 -- ABC News/AP
Vice President Biden says 'come hell or high water' US to be out of Afghanistan by 2014
Despite uneven progress in Afghanistan, Vice President Joe Biden said next summer's planned withdrawal would be more than a token reduction and that the U.S. would be out of the country by 2014 "come hell or high water."
Biden's prediction appeared to go further than statements by his boss, President Barack Obama, who just last month said there would be a reduced U.S. footprint in Afghanistan by 2014 but that the number of troops that would remain was still in question.
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