State Dept. Spox on Afghanistan: ‘This Is Not Abandonment … This Is Reduction in Size of Our Civilian Footprint’

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PRICE: “Well, the message we are sending to the people of Afghanistan is one of enduring partnership. (...) This is not abandonment, this is not an evacuation. This is not the wholesale withdrawal. What this is is a reduction in the size of our civilian footprint.”