‘LOOKING AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS’: The Pentagon is considering a range of options for the eventual withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Afghanistan but is refusing to comment on a report in the New York Times that among the options is one that would bring all American troops home before the November presidential election.

“I think it’s been clear for some time that the U.S. has been looking at different options and how we are going to continue with our presence in Afghanistan,” said Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman at a Monday briefing for reporters. “But I have no update for you on numbers. I would not share with you what potential options that we would be discussing with the president though.”

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