NBC: Trump to Address Nation on ‘Path Forward’ in Afghanistan on Monday Night
President Donald Trump will discuss the "path forward" in Afghanistan in a speech on Monday night, the White House said in a statement Sunday.
The speech, to be delivered at the Fort Myer military base in Arlington, Virginia, at 9 p.m. ET, will "provide an update on the path forward for America’s engagement in Afghanistan and South Asia," the statement said.
The address comes after a lengthy strategy review in which White House and Pentagon officials mulled a more aggressive role for the American military in Afghanistan.
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WNU Editor: So much for my hope that he was not going to make this announcement very quickly. As to what will be announced .... with Steve Banning gone and this policy now being driven by the Generals .... sighhhh .... I am not optimistic, but I will wait and see.
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