"“Hopefully by the mid to latter part of 2013, we’ll be able to make a transition from a combat role to a training, advise and assist role,” Panetta said, according to the AP, adding that this wouldn’t mean that “we’re not going to be combat-ready.”
He noted that no decision has been made about how many American troops would stay in Afghanistan in the post-combat stage, but did suggest that large reductions will occur in the months following the switch, the wire said. Panetta made the remarks to reporters aboard a military aircraft en route to Brussels, where the issue of accelerated withdrawal from Afghanistan is expected to be on the agenda at a NATO meeting.
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