Obama announced today that the plan to evacuate US troops from Afghanistan will not happen. However, he projects that the number will fall to 5,000 from the current 9,800 in 2017.

Meanwhile, sequestration (a fancy word for budget cuts) dictates that there will be less service men and women doing the same/larger jobs than exist now. This could make soldiers’ jobs even more dangerous. Hit the jump to learn more.

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Military families generally protest the news. Most soldiers did not join this year. So, these families have already been through years of waiting for their loved ones to come home- and further worrying day and night about their relatives’ safety overseas.

Source: CNN