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Iraq Troop Withdrawal

Obama Bringing Troops Home: Are We Ready to Welcome Them?

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics

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Paul Rieckhoff

Whether it is 16 months or 19 months or 23 months, whether the residual force is 10,000 or 50,000 troops, the president's new plan will create a surge of new veterans coming home in 2009 and 2010. We need to be ready.

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On the Right Path, Finally, in Iraq

Jon Soltz | Posted 03.30.2009 | World

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Jon Soltz

If President Obama does continue to draw down, we will be more secure, and our military will now have a chance to repair the damage done to it by the previous administration.

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Senate Dems Question Leaving 50,000 Troops In Iraq

Politico | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics

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Nancy Pelosi isn't the only Democrat unhappy with President Barack Obama's Iraq withdrawal plan. Democratic Sens. Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer said ...

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Anti-War Groups Will Back Obama's Withdrawal Delay

The Plum Line | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

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President Obama is reportedly preparing to announce that he will order American combat troops to be out of Iraq by August of 2010, a deadline that's m...

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Commanders In Iraq Challenge Petraeus On Pullout Risk

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 04.14.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (IPS) - CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus and Multinational Force Iraq (MNF-I) Commander General Ray Odierno have submitte...

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Time Will Tell If There Is Change in Iraq

Byron Williams | Posted 03.13.2009 | World

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Byron Williams

Time will be the sole indicator if we have truly elected a president bold enough to enact needed change.

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Petraeus versus the President?

The Real News | Posted 03.07.2009 | World

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Top Marine: Time For His Troops To Leave Iraq, Enter Afghanistan

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 02.23.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON — Iraq is stable enough to allow the roughly 22,000 U.S. Marines there to withdraw, the service's top general said Friday. "The time...

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US Envoy: A Hasty Iraq Withdrawal Could Bolster Al Qaeda

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 02.22.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — A hasty departure of U.S. troops from Iraq would carry severe risks, including bolstering al-Qaida and threatening Iraqi progress towa...

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British Troops Will Pull Out Of Iraq By June

The Guardian | Richard Norton | Posted 01.10.2009 | World

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Britain's six-year occupation of south Iraq will begin drawing to a close in March, and the last troops will leave Basra by June, a senior defence sou...

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India's '9/11' Holds Grim Message for the U.S.

Eric Margolis | Posted 01.05.2009 | World

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Eric Margolis

India's patience is wearing thin. After a decade of terrorist attacks, it still lacks a well defined target for revenge or a way of preventing them.

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Gates: Military Looks To Accelerate Iraq Pullout, Shut Down Guantanamo

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 01.03.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates signaled a willingness to forge ahead with two key priorities for the incoming Obama administration:...

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Obama's Iraq Timetable Still Puts Troop Withdrawal At 16 Months

AP | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics

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CHICAGO — Barack Obama says the U.S.-Iraq security agreement approved by Iraq's parliament puts the U.S. on a "glide path" toward reducing force...

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Iraqis Don't Believe Americans Will Leave

New York Times | Alissa J. Rubin | Posted 01.01.2009 | Home

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BAGHDAD -- On the street here and in the well-furnished living rooms of the Iraqi intelligentsia, the recently approved Iraqi-American security pact i...

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U.S. Troops To Stay in Iraq Until 2012?

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics

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Joseph A. Palermo

What exactly does the Iraqi parliament's troop withdrawal agreement change in the fundamental relationship between Iraq and the United States? The answer is: nothing.

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Future Uncertain For Vast US Embassy In Baghdad

McClatchy Newspapers | Posted 12.29.2008 | World

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Shelley's lines about a long-forgotten ruler's monument to himself come unavoidably to mind the first time one visits the new U.S. Embassy in Baghdad....

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Iraqi Parliament Approves US Troop Pact

AP | CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 12.28.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — The long, costly story of American military involvement in Iraq moved closer to an end Thursday when Iraq's parliament approved a pact...

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Iraqi Parliament Delays US Troop Pact Vote

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 12.27.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — Iraq delayed until Thursday a crucial vote in parliament on a pact that would keep U.S. troops in Iraq through 2011 after lawmakers, m...

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Iraq-US Security Pact: Bitter Battles Ahead?

The Real News | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

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The Real News Network spoke with Leila Fadel about the Iraq/US deal that will not allow residual forces to stay after 2011.

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Iraqi Parliament's Troop Pact Debate Disrupted By Sadr Loyalists

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — A heated parliamentary debate on the U.S.-Iraq security treaty was called to an early close Wednesday as lawmakers loyal to anti-U.S. ...

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Maliki Defends Troop Withdrawal Pact On Iraqi National Television

AP | CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — Iraq's prime minister delivered a nationally televised address Tuesday to rally domestic support for a U.S.-Iraqi security pact, calli...

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New Iraq Pact Bans US Troops Past 2011

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — Iraq's government spokesman said Monday the proposed U.S. changes to a draft security agreement were "not enough" and asked Washington...

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The Sick Man of the North Atlantic

Eric Margolis | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics

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Eric Margolis

Money, observed the witty British thinker Malcolm Muggeridge, is the homogenized form of power. No more money, no more power. The great imperialist ...

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US-Iraq Withdrawal Plan Reached, Mirrors Obama's Plan

The Independent | Patrick Cockburn | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics

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Iraq and the United States have finally agreed on a security pact which would mean that US forces would withdraw from Iraq by 2011, American and Iraqi...

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Obama's Edge Over McCain on Iraq

John Bruhns | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

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John Bruhns

Senator Obama's plan to leave troop elements behind would have conditions: the Iraqis would have to politically reconcile and end sectarianism. McCain's is to continue on the current path.

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