U.S. Floats An Afghan 'Zero Option' -- Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON—White House officials speaking ahead of meetings with Afghan President Hamid Karzai emphasized that the U.S. would consider pulling all troops from his country by 2015, as the Obama administration negotiates the future of the American military role there.
Airing such a scenario could give the U.S. leverage in talks with Mr. Karzai, who arrived in Washington Tuesday for meetings with President Barack Obama and his top aides.
"That would be an option that we would consider," deputy national-security adviser Ben Rhodes said when asked by reporters about the zero-troop option during a conference call. "The president does not view these negotiations as having a goal of keeping U.S. troops in Afghanistan."
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