WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama began and ended his State of the Union speech on Tuesday by reminding voters that he brought U.S. troops home from Iraq and dispatched the Navy Seals who killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. But he said little about the vexing challenges he faces in those countries and others, from preparing Afghanistan to police itself after foreign troops pull out ...

At the Pentagon, President Barack Obama and Defense Department officials present the outline of a strategy to reduce troop levels and pare spending after ten years of military buildup to support wars in Iraq and Afghanistan .

Marking Veterans Day, the US President laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns and reminded Americans that our troops are coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan.

US President Barack Obama met NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen, and the two men discussed how next year's alliance summit in Chicago would shape a planned withdrawal from Afghanistan.

The Obama administration is considering an early shift in the US military role in Afghanistan from primarily combat to mainly advisory and training duties, well ahead of current plans.