Daily Memo: US Presses Pause on Retrenchment

And the EU's foreign affairs chief is on a controversial trip to Moscow.

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Drawdown slowdown. The Pentagon press secretary said the future U.S. force posture in Afghanistan was being assessed but would be based on conditions on the ground. This came as a congressionally mandated task force recommended a slower withdrawal from the country. In Europe, meanwhile, European Command said plans to remove some U.S. troops from Germany […]

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