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Vox Pop Hour 1 : Obama's Decision on U.S. Troop Levels : 06/23/11

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Albany, NY – Some top Democrats say President Barack Obama's plan to pull 33,000 U.S. troops out of Afghanistan by next summer isn't fast enough, and top Republicans say it might be too rash. The plan announced by Obama in an address to the nation last night calls for sending 5,000 troops home this summer, and another 5,000 by the end of the year. More than 20,000 would follow by September 2012. It's the focus of this edition of Vox Pop, with WAMC's Alan Chartock