Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have voiced support for President Obama’s plan to keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan through the end of his term in 2017. Obama had declared an official end to the U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan last year, but last week announced he was halting the phased military withdrawal. Speaking on CNN, Hillary Clinton backed Obama’s decision.

Hillary Clinton: “I will not sit here today and say what I would do upon taking office, because, again, we want to bring our troops home. We certainly don’t want them engaged in on-the-ground combat. We want them to help support and train the Afghan army. And we want them to, you know, continue to work with the government of Afghanistan to try to help strengthen security for them. So I can’t predict where things will be in January of 2017. But I support the president’s decision.”

In an interview with ABC, Clinton’s rival, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, also declined to specify how many troops he would keep in Afghanistan, but said, “I think we need a certain nucleus of American troops present in Afghanistan to provide the training and support the Afghan army needs.”