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Hey! Pundits! Bob Gates Is Pretty Much OK With Withdrawing Combat Troops From Iraq on a 16-Month Timeline!
(washingtonindependent.com)
I was on the phone during Bob Gates’ first presser since being reappointed as defense secretary by President-elect Obama, but my man Matt DeLong kept me covered and sent along his notes. And look at... More
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Karzai: Fixed end date needed for Afghan war - Afghanistan (www.msnbc.msn.com)
President Hamid Karzai told a visiting U.N. Security Council delegation Tuesday that the international community should set a timeline to end the war in Afghanistan. It appeared to be the first... More
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Iraqi Parliament Delays Vote on U.S. Troop Agreement (www.washingtonpost.com)
Iraqi lawmakers postponed until Thursday a scheduled vote on a security agreement that would extend the U.S. military presence in Iraq. But they have agreed to make the pact subject to a national... More
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Why the U.S. blinked on its troop agreement with Iraq (www.mcclatchydc.com)
Although the Pentagon officially has welcomed the new accord on a U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq, senior military officials are privately criticizing President Bush for giving Iraq more control over... More
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Bush's Reversal on Iraq Deadline Gives Obama Flexibility (www.washingtonpost.com)
By agreeing to a fixed deadline for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq, President Bush contradicted years of promises that he would never agree to anything but a "conditions-based" plan for... More
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Deal on Iraq Withdrawal Poses a Pentagon Challenge (www.time.com)
The Pentagon, after pushing for nearly a year for new rules governing the presence of U.S. troops in Iraq, is already back-pedaling. On the one hand, the agreement between the Bush Administration and... More
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Mullen: Exit dates in Iraq deal not a problem (www.militarytimes.com)
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs confirmed Monday that the new U.S. agreement with Iraq calls for all U.S. troops to be completely out of Iraq by the end of 2011 and that he is “comfortable” with... More
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Iraq pact raises withdrawal hopes (news.bbc.co.uk)
Just over three years from now, all US forces could be out of Iraq, if the Iraqi-US security pact finally comes into force. It will also give the Iraqi authorities much greater say over what... More
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Troop withdrawal pact approved (www.smh.com.au)
IRAQ'S cabinet has defied fiery opposition from Shiite hardliners and approved a wide-ranging military pact that includes a timetable for the withdrawal of all US troops by the end of 2011.
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Iraq backs deal to pull 150,000 US troops out by 2011 (www.telegraph.co.uk)
The Iraqi cabinet has approved a deal that will see 150,000 American troops pulled out of the country by the end of 2011.
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