The White House on Wednesday said that U.S. President Barack Obama would make a decision “soon” about the drawdown of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said that Obama “would make the decision soon about the beginning of the drawdown,” pointing to the July 2011 date that has often been referred to as the date the drawdown will begin. The “president has been a deeply engaged participant” on the Afghanistan issue, he said, adding that the president meets regularly with Vice President Joe Biden, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and now-outgoing U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on the issue of U.S. troop involvement in the war-torn country.
