Metro.usMyMetro Events http://www.metro.us Thu, 23 May 2013 12:25:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 PHOTOS: Boston mourns bombing victims at interfaith memorial http://www.metro.us/newyork/news/2013/04/18/photos/ http://www.metro.us/newyork/news/2013/04/18/photos/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:49:38 +0000 Lenyon Whitaker http://www.metro.us/newyork/?p=136981 People stand near the Cathedral of the Holy Cross as US President Barrack Obama and wife Michelle attend an interfaith prayer service to honor the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings April 18, 2013 in the South End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Credit: Getty Images Alice Binns, of Dorchester, looks at a makeshift memorial on the Boston Marathon route April 18, 2013 in Boston, Massachussetts. Credit: Getty Images A Boston Red Sox cap left at a makeshift memorial on the Boston Marathon route April 18, 2013 in Boston. Credit: Getty Images A running shoe and US flag are part of a memorial on the Boston Marathon route on April 18, 2013 in Boston. Credit: Getty Images People gather outside of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross as US President Barrack Obama and wife Michelle attend an interfaith prayer service to honor the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings April 18, 2013 in the South End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Credit: Getty Images People queue for security check outside the Cathedral of the Holy Cross where U.S. President Barack Obama is scheduled to attend an interfaith service for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings in Boston, Massachusetts. Credit: Reuters President Barack Obama, and First Lady Michelle Obama an interfaith prayer service for victims of the Boston Marathon attack titled 'Healing Our City,' at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on April 18, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. A nun hugs a woman at an interfaith prayer service for victims of the Boston Marathon attack titled "Healing Our City," and attended by President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on April 18, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. Credit: Getty Images Runners pray at an interfaith prayer service for victims of the Boston Marathon attack titled "Healing Our City," and attended by President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on April 18, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. Credit: Getty Images President Barack Obama speaking at the interfaith memorial service held in Boston Massachusetts. Credit: Nicolaus Czarnecki/Metro People rise to applaude as U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at an interfaith memorial service at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing in Boston, Massachusetts April 18, 2013. Credit: Getty Images

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama joined the city of Boston to mourn the bombing victims at an interfaith memorial service Thursday morning held at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, Massachusetts.

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]]> http://www.metro.us/newyork/news/2013/04/18/photos/feed/ 0 Obama to announce return of 34,000 troops from Afghanistan http://www.metro.us/newyork/news/national/2013/02/12/obama-to-announce-return-of-34000-troops-from-afghanistan/ http://www.metro.us/newyork/news/national/2013/02/12/obama-to-announce-return-of-34000-troops-from-afghanistan/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:53:54 +0000 Cassandra Garrison http://www.metro.us/newyork/?p=111219 President Barack Obama speaks at the Armed Forces Farewell Tribute in honor of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta at Joint Base Myer-Henderson in Washington February 8, 2013. Credit: Reuters President Barack Obama speaks at the Armed Forces Farewell Tribute in honor of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta at Joint Base Myer-Henderson in Washington February 8, 2013.
Credit: Reuters[/caption] President Barack Obama will announce in his State of the Union address on Tuesday that 34,000 troops will return from Afghanistan by early 2014, a source familiar with the speech told Reuters. "The president will announce that 34,000 troops will be back from Afghanistan a year from tonight," the source said on condition of anonymity. Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai last month agreed to speed the handover of combat operations in Afghanistan to Afghan forces. There are about 66,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Washington's NATO allies have been steadily reducing their troop numbers despite doubts about the ability of Afghan forces to shoulder full responsibility for security.]]> President Barack Obama speaks at the Armed Forces Farewell Tribute in honor of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta at Joint Base Myer-Henderson in Washington February 8, 2013. Credit: Reuters
President Barack Obama speaks at the Armed Forces Farewell Tribute in honor of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta at Joint Base Myer-Henderson in Washington February 8, 2013.
Credit: Reuters

President Barack Obama will announce in his State of the Union address on Tuesday that 34,000 troops will return from Afghanistan by early 2014, a source familiar with the speech told Reuters.

“The president will announce that 34,000 troops will be back from Afghanistan a year from tonight,” the source said on condition of anonymity.

Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai last month agreed to speed the handover of combat operations in Afghanistan to Afghan forces.

There are about 66,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Washington’s NATO allies have been steadily reducing their troop numbers despite doubts about the ability of Afghan forces to shoulder full responsibility for security.

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