Eric Schmitt, Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Charlie Savage and Helene Cooper, NYT

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Trump preparing to withdraw troops from abroad

Cuts reflect Trump’s desire to stop shouldering cost of engagements against insurgencies

General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses troops at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan on Nov. 28, 2019. President Donald Trump is expected to order the US military to withdraw thousands of troops from Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia by the time he leaves office in January 2021.

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