Rumsfeld: US Cutting 7,000 Soldiers From Iraq Early Next Year...

The Washington Post:

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld announced today that the number of U.S. combat troops in Iraq would be reduced by two brigades early next year, a move that would cut U.S. forces there by about 7,000 troops.

The "adjustment," as Rumsfeld called it, would leave between 129,000 and 131,000 troops in the country, down from a baseline of 138,000. That baseline number was temporarily augmented for Iraq's election by another 12,000 troops, but defense officials had already said those troops would be withdrawn after the voting.

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