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Friday's Headlines: Thousands of U.S. troops could leave Afghanistan under Taliban deal

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Thousands of U.S. troops could leave Afghanistan under Taliban deal
The agreement being negotiated could cut American troops in the country from roughly 14,000 to between 8,000 and 9,000, officials said. The Taliban would agree to a cease-fire and renounce al-Qaeda.
After Trump cites concerns about Amazon, Pentagon revisits plan for $10 billion cloud-computing contract
A leading contender to win the bid was Amazon, a company that has been criticized many times by the president.
 
Rep. Will Hurd, lone black Republican in House, won't run again
Hurd is the rare GOP lawmaker to at times criticize Trump, including over construction of a U.S.-Mexico border wall. His retirement is the third by a Texas Republican in recent days.
 
Trump's pick to lead U.S. intelligence claims he arrested 300 illegal immigrants in a single day. He didn't.
The claims of Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Tex.) about a 2008 operation conflict with the court record and the recollections of others who were involved — at a time when he is already under fire for embellishing his record.
 
An Israeli soldier went MIA 37 years ago. International intrigue and DNA testing brought him home.
The Brooklyn-born soldier vanished in Lebanon in 1982. Syrian rebels, Islamic State militants and even Russian troops scrambled to find his grave.
 
 
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