Obama Reaffirms 2011 Afghanistan Withdrawal

U.S. and allies “can’t be there in perpetuity,” president says in interview

SYDNEY - President Barack Obama reaffirmed on Thursday his plans to start withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan in 2011.

Speaking in an interview with Australian television broadcast Thursday, Obama said of Afghanistan that United States and its allies "can't be there in perpetuity."

Obama told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. that he did not agree that the situation in Afghanistan was getting worse, saying the Taliban's momentum had been "blunted" since he came to office.

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