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Partial withdrawal of US military from Germany decided

President Donald Trump approved a proposal by Secretary of Defense Mark Esper to significantly reduce the number of American soldiers in Germany as Trump requested. But the president may have reckoned without Congress and voters.

(dpa) The partial withdrawal of the American armed forces from Germany desired by President Donald Trump has now been decided. Trump approved a proposal to withdraw 9,500 of the approximately 34,500 soldiers currently in Germany, a spokesman for the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday (local time). Minister Mark Esper and Chief of Staff Mark Milley therefore discussed the plans with Trump in the White House on Monday. A schedule for the probably lengthy withdrawal was initially not given.

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