WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2011. Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) released the following statement tonight, after President Obama announced plans to begin the drawdown of American forces in Afghanistan:
“The President’s announcement that we will withdraw 30,000 of our 100,000 troops from Afghanistan by next summer is a step towards the end of this long war.”
“We invaded Afghanistan to end al Qaeda and with the killing of Osama bin Laden and his top…
