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Ackerman: Obama to start bringing troops home in 2011

President Barack Obama will tell the nation Tuesday night that he will begin removing troops from Afghanistan in July 2011, Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-Roslyn Heights) said Tuesday.

Obama met with Ackerman and about two dozen other senators, congressmen and Obama administration officials Tuesday afternoon in the executive office of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building adjacent to the White...

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