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US Presses Afghanistan to Sign New Security Pact

The Obama administration is pressing the Afghan government to sign a new security pact or face the prospect of no U.S. troops in the country beyond 2014. In an interview with VOA's Afghan Service Friday, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said "the bottom line is we need to conclude this agreement with a signature between our two governments as quickly as possible and certainly by the end of the year.” Psaki said if that does not happen, it "makes it nearly...

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