President Barack Obama was set to unveil on Wednesday his plan to start bringing U.S. troops home from Afghanistan, a first step toward ending a decade-long war that is increasingly unpopular in the United States.
Obama is expected to announce in a televised address at 8 p.m. EDT a plan that may include the withdrawal by year’s end of up to a third of the 30,000 ’surge’ troops he sent to Afghanistan in 2010, possibly followed by the removal of the rest of those extra forces [...]