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Pentagon: Troop Levels in Iraq, Afghanistan to Drop to 2,500 Each
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Christopher Miller, the recently installed acting defense secretary, hailed the reduced levels as “the next phase of our campaign to defeat terrorists.”
Spencer Ackerman
Contributing Editor
Published
Nov. 17 2020
2:51PM EST
Lucas Jackson/Reuters
Spencer Ackerman
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