US military reportedly making plans for Trump that include a complete Afghanistan withdrawal before the next election

November 5, 2012

• Defense Department officials are planning to brief President Donald Trump on several options to withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan, according to multiple reports.
• One of the options includes a complete withdrawal before the 2020 US presidential election in November.
• However, officials reportedly added that they were likely to advise Trump not to reduce the US's footprint too soon.
• Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, an ardent supporter of the Trump administration, cautioned that an abrupt withdrawal would be "horrendous."
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Defense Department officials are reportedly planning to brief President Donald Trump on several options to withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan, including one to pull them out before the 2020 US presidential election in November.

Senior officials familiar with the plans said multiple options with varying timelines will soon be presented to the president, according to a New York Times report published Tuesday. Other plans included leaving 5,000 or 1,500 US troops in the country, according to a separate Wall Street Journal report.

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