Afghanistan 2014 Will we pull out?

White House Press Briefing

25 February 2014

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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
Washington, D.C.
February 25, 2014

PRESS BRIEFING
BY PRESS SECRETARY JAY CARNEY

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 
1:11 P.M. EST

Q And I just want to get back to the President’s call to President Karzai. It is a fact that if this bilateral security agreement is not signed that there will be no troops?

MR. CARNEY: Yes, correct.

Q By December 31st, they’ll all be gone?

MR. CARNEY: Absolutely.

Q No wavering on that?

MR. CARNEY: Absent a BSA, there will not be any U.S. troops on the ground beyond the end of the year.

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However...it appears that there is no deadline for Karzai to sign the BSA.