NEW: Cicilline Calling For Accelerated Withdrawal In Afghanistan
Monday, June 27, 2011
Freshman Congressman David Cicilline is among the dozens of members of Congress calling on President Obama to increase the amount of troops being withdraw from Afghanistan while also speeding up the time table.
In a letter sent to the President this week, members of Congress asked Obama to accelerate the drawdown.
“We respectfully request that you accelerate your Administration’s withdrawal plan so that the so-called ‘surge troops’ who were deployed in 2009 be redeployed by the end of this calendar year; with the additional goal of developing a plan to bring all of our remaining troops home safely and honorably by the end of next year,” the letter reads.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTPresident Obama announced last week his plans remove 10,000 troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year. Cicilline, who traveled to both Afghanistian and Iraq earlier this year, has long been critical of a war that costs an estimated $8 billion per month in Afghanistan.
“Rather than spending nearly $8 billion per month constructing Afghan schools, bridges, roads and hospitals, we believe the United States must make those critical investments here in our country first,” the letter reads.
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