The United States generally the nomination supervision in the vast area, including Afghanistan (Thursday) support Afghan troops remain in the peak strength of 352000 on the contrary, the current plan contraction, NATO announced the end of the war the next year.
General Lloyd Austin, nomination lead to U.S. central command said, in his senate confirmation hearings, a more powerful Afghan troops, at the same time, more expensive, will "hedge any taliban prank" America's longest war.
"Keep more large size power must be assured the Afghan people, it also to our NATO Allies, we continue to focus on" Austin said.
Opinion is two days later, President Obama's state of the union address, announced that his country, 34000 American troops - about half of American troops in Afghanistan - at the beginning of 2014 were withdrawn.
Obama assured americans, in expensive, unpopular war is the end of the future, but he left unanswered, exports to the U.S. strategy, including many U.S. troops would remain in the country since 2014, training and advice to help the Afghan people and fight the remnants of the "base" organization.
Obama has not discuss Afghan troops the size of the future, although the White House fact table to send out, his address, until "at least" at the beginning of 2015, they will be maintained at 352000.
Austin warned that the taliban will wait for them to test.
He said: "you can reasonably expected, the enemy's decision, agile, will soon after we transformation to try to look at the Afghan security forces," said Austin.
According to current plan, the United States and its NATO Allies will help establish the Afghan army 352000 personnel, they are close, but the scale of power - it's Allies will continue to support - will be trimmed to 230000 in 2015.
The echo of Iraq
Hearing often moved from the Afghanistan war and other problems in the past Austin the role of commander in Iraq, American immunity deal failed to withdraw all its strike in 2011 of the current problems.
Obama government officials have warned that will lead to failure, strike immune treatment Afghanistan withdrawal, but Afghan President hamid karzai and U.S. officials said they had the confidence to achieve an agreement can be.
Republicans, who criticized Obama extraction in Afghanistan strategic points out, the President will remain in Iraq than the power of a smaller Austin recommended, even if the deal is hit.
Arizona senator John McCain's exclamation lack of an American presence in Iraq.
Pressure republicans, Austin admitted that the situation in Iraq in a "problem" in the direction of the trend, and agreed that the United States of persistent effect, will help strengthen the Iraqi army.
When it came to Afghanistan, south Carolina senator lindsey graham warning Austin said, if Obama for lack of strength, 2014 years later task, he will refuse to vote for war funding work.
"It can be as low as 90000, I will and they stood together," said graham.
"If they overthrow commander and the creation of strength, not in my opinion is successful, I can in good conscience vote to continue the operation."
Graham says he will vote for Austin Austin interviewed a former commander John Allen in Afghanistan's mission, generally, to his suggestion Obama, he believes the committee about the confirmation.



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