Obama in Afghanistan, sees 'light of a new day'

BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan — On a swift, secre­tive trip to the war zone, Pres­i­dent Barack Obama declared Tues­day night that after years of sac­ri­fice the U.S. com­bat role in Afghanistan is wind­ing down just as it has already ended in Iraq. “We can see the light of a new day on the hori­zon,” he said on the anniver­sary of Osama bin Laden’s death.