Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis visited Capitol Hill last week and gave Congress an important message.

He told lawmakers that President Trump had authorized him to decide how many American military personnel should be deployed in Afghanistan. This is good news if there is to be anything like a sustainable peace there.

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