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Obama lays out strategy for exiting Afghanistan

Signs agreement with Karzai during surprise trip to Kabul

By Tracy Jan and Bryan Bender

 |  Globe Staff  

  May 01, 2012

President Obama flew to Afghanistan for a surprise visit Tuesday that will culminate in a speech this evening during which he is expected to promote a strategic partnership he is signing with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. The speech to the American people will be televised live from Bagram Air Base outside Kabul at 7:30. The president is also expected to mention the one-year anniversary of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, according to a White House pool report.

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