President Obama

President Obama

A) in his presidential campaign called for reducing American troop levels in Afghanistan.
B) recalled 50,000 troops in 2009, in the wake of increased violence in Afghanistan.
C) discouraged Pakistan from attempting to root out Taliban and Al Qaeda operatives because it was causing more terrorists to cross the border into Afghanistan.
D) sent an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan in a surge to calm the violence in 2009.
E) began using drones to attack drug lords in Afghanistan to reduce the opium traffic.