President Obama announces troop drawdown(8 images)

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a televised address on his plan to drawdown U.S. troops in Afghanistan from the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 22, 2011. UPI/Pablo Martinez Monsivais/POOL

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U.S. President Barack Obama is seen on television in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House as he delivers a televised address on his plan to drawdown U.S. troops in Afghanistan from the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 22, 2011. UPI/Chip Somodevilla/POOL

U.S. President Barack Obama is seen on television in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House as he delivers a televised address on his plan to drawdown U.S. troops in Afghanistan from the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 22, 2011. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg