Reporting from Washington— President Obama plans to announce a troop reduction in Afghanistan that Pentagon and other administration officials say is expected to bring home about 10,000 personnel by the end of the year.

In a speech to be delivered Wednesday, the president is expected to declare that successes in disrupting Al Qaeda's ability to stage attacks against the United States allow him to begin reducing troop levels, said the officials, who cautioned that Obama was still "finalizing" his decision. In 2009 the president coupled his decision to send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan

I can deny it easy, he'll just take whatever he saved and spend on leaches and people on welfare.

AmPat

06-21-2011, 06:02 PM

This will help our budget problem, that much you cannot deny.

Like say, a peace dividend?:rolleyes:

Elspeth

06-21-2011,in terms of 1,400 state delegates.

It means that the county delegates chosen by coin flips in various caucus precincts across the state represent just a fraction of the delegates used to determine the statewide winner.

Iowa's nightmare revisited: Was correct winner called?

OK, but could the county delegates won on coin flips have decided the race?

The best information we have on the coin flips that occurred Monday night suggests they were pretty evenly split in favor of Clinton and Sanders: Of the seven identified by the party, Sanders won six. Of the seven identified by the Register, Clinton won six.

But that doesn’t necessarily mean the delegates each candidate won on a coin toss were equal and canceled each other out.

There’s a huge variation across precincts in how many state delegate