Barack Obama has promised that, if he becomes President, he will begin scaling back troops in Iraq and return focus on resurgent al-Qaida forces in Afghanistan. Currently there are approximately 156,000 troops in Iraq and 33,000 in Afghanistan. His current strategy, as it appears, is to reduce the number of those stationed in Iraq to a "residual force" of 60-80,000 by the summer of 2010, to further the training of Iraqi forces and for additional security. In addition, he will send 10,000 troops to Afghanistan to fight stubborn camps of Al-Qaida and resurgent Taliban cells.
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