A U.S. Army Soldier patrols with Afghan soldiers to check on conditions in the village of Yawez in Wardak province, Afghanistan, Feb. 17, 2010. (Sgt. Russell Gilchrest / U.S. Army)
The Obama Administration is expected to reveal it's four-year plan to phase out active fighting and combat in Afghanistan at a NATO summit this week in Lisbon, Portugal. How might the plan work, and is that country ready for a departure from direct engagement from U.S. combat troops? We're joined by Rod Nordland, foreign correspondent in the Baghdad Bureau for The New York Times, to help us try to answer some of these questions.
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