The Hill News

A substantial majority of Americans across the political spectrum want Congress to act this year to accelerate withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, according to a recent Gallup/USA Today poll.

Seventy-two percent of respondents said Congress should quicken the drawdown from the war, which has already cost 1,400 American lives and drained the Treasury of $370 billion.

Democrats were the most in favor of a speedier exit (86 percent), but 61 percent of Republicans and 72 percent of independents agreed in the poll, released last week.

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