Vote for quicker troop withdrawal
The US Senate has voted to accelerate the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan.
The 62-33 vote today reflected the nation’s war-weariness after more than a decade of fighting.
Although the vote was for a non-binding amendment to a defence bill, it sent a strong signal about the conflict.
It also set the stage for a fight with the House, which passed a bill in May that calls for President Barack Obama to maintain a force of at least 68,000 troops until the end of 2014.
The House and Senate will have to reconcile their competing versions of the defence policy bill.
