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Article snippet: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) and other top Democrats hit President Trump on Monday for failing to offer much detail during his much-anticipated speech laying out the future for the 16-year-old war in Afghanistan. “Tonight, the President said he knew what he was getting into and had a plan to go forward,” Pelosi said in a statement Monday. “Clearly, he did not. The President’s announcement is low on details but raises serious questions.” After months of deliberation, Trump on Monday spoke about the path forward in America’s longest war. Despite originally wanting to withdraw from the country, Trump said that he now believes that would lead to a “predictable and unacceptable” power vacuum. He said U.S. presence in Afghanistan will depend on conditions on the ground, rather than any specific timeline, and that the United States would take a regional approach, including putting more pressure on Pakistan to combat terrorist safe havens in its borders. But Trump declined to discuss specifics, including how many more U.S. troops will be sent to Afghanistan. “We will not talk about numbers of troops or our plan for further military activities,” he said. “I will not say when we are going to attack, but attack we will.” In her statement, Pelosi hit Trump on announcing a plan that stands in contrast to past comments where he said “we have wasted an enormous amount of blood and treasure in Afghanistan” and “let’s get out!” She said Trump’s lack of specifics s... Link to the full article to read more