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WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama has met with Afghanistan war commander General David Petraeus to discuss a troop withdrawal set to begin next month, the White House said Thursday.

WASHINGTON — Leon Panetta, the nominee to be the next US defense secretary, said Thursday that he backed a significant troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in July, in an apparent break with outgoing Pentagon chief Robert Gates.

WASHINGTON — A top US officer returning from commanding US Marines in Afghanistan's restive southwest emphasized Wednesday that the pullout of foreign troops from the country would be a slow, drawn-out process.

German foreign minister: expectations for Afghanistan lower, troop pullout to start next year

Obama spokesman Gibbs minimizes possibility US combat troops would have to return to Iraq

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Gen. James Conway challenged President Obama's commitment to begin withdrawing soldiers from Afghanistan in July, 2011, saying his deadline gives the Taliban "sustenance" and encourages them to simply outlast the Americans.