From Washington, this is VOA News. President Obama orders his military to a prepare for a sooner than expected withdrawal from Afghanistan. And Washington expels 3 Venezuelan diplomats in tit-for-tat move. I'm Michael Lipin, reporting from Washington. _______________________White House spokesman Jay Carney said Tuesday the president told Afghan President Hamid Karzai that Washington will leave open the possibility of concluding an agreement with Afghanistan later this year. But Carney said the longer such a deal is delayed, the more likely it becomes that any US mission in Afghanistan will be smaller in scale after 2014. 美国之音新闻,华盛顿报道. 总统奥巴马下令军队做好提前从阿富汗撤军的准备.华盛顿对委内瑞拉针锋相对,驱逐其三名外交官.我是迈克尔`利平,华盛顿报道. ____________________白宫发言人卡尼表示,周二,总统奥巴马告诉阿富汗总统卡尔扎伊,华盛顿保有与阿富汗在今年晚些时候签署协定的可能性.但是卡尼又称这份协定拖的越久,美国在阿富汗的任何行动在2014年以后在规模上越有可能变得越小.
