U.S. Soldiers Provide Security Around Kandahar Airfield

KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN - MARCH 04: 1LT Wes Brockbank (L) from Seattle, Washington and SPC Scott Harris (C) with the U.S. Army's 4th squadron 2d Cavalry Regiment and their interpreter walk through a village during a joint patrol with soldiers from the Afghan National Army (ANA) on March 4, 2014 near Kandahar, Afghanistan. President Obama recently ordered the Pentagon to begin contingency planning for a pullout from Afghanistan by the end of 2014 if Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai or his successor refuses to sign the Bilateral Security Agreement. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)