Matrix999, If you mean Bush's date as being when a stable democracy is set up and functioning, then i get you. Any other you've got me bamboozled. Here is Obama's timetable for getting out of Afghanistan. https://www.ft.com/content/8bc664f0-9d15-11e0-997d-00144feabdc0 And since The U.S. was supposed to leave Afghanistan by 2017. Now it might take decades. By Greg Jaffe and Missy Ryan January 26, 2016 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/01/26/the-u-s-was-supposed-to-leave-afghanistan-by-2017-now-it-might-take-decades/?utm_term=.a896d1dfc693