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Iraq Troop Withdrawal

Should We Leave? Ask the Iraqis!

Nancy Kanwisher | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

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Although opinion polls now show that most Americans feel the U.S. made a mistake sending troops to Iraq, there's no agreement on what exactly to do ab...

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Jason Linkins

Obama Aide Gibbs Ties Potential Iraq Trip To Troop Withdrawal

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.06.2008 | Politics

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On today's Morning Joe, Barack Obama's communications director Robert Gibbs took questions about a potential trip to Iraq for the Illinois Senator. G...

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Iraq Withdrawal Within Year Favored By Largest Number Ever In New Poll

Rasmussen Reports | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics

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A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 65% of Americans would like to see U.S. troops brought home from Iraq within a year. That's t...

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Jason Linkins

Dana Perino, The Gift That Keeps On Giving: A Neverending Surge

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics

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Years after missions were declared to have been accomplished in Iraq, it's still difficult to get a straight answer out of the Bush administration as ...

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Senate To Vote On Iraq Withdrawal Bill

Political Radar | Byron Wolf | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Republicans abandoned their long-time tactic of thwarting Democratic attempts to hold up or down votes on withdrawing combat troops from Iraq today in...

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Gates: Pause in Troop Cuts Makes Sense

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq — In a clear sign the drawdown of U.S. forces from Iraq will be suspended, Defense Secretary Robert Gates sa...

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US Troops Reductions May Slow or Stop

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is sending strong signals that U.S. troop reductions in Iraq will slow or stop altogether this summer, a mo...

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Defense Minister: Iraq Will Need US Help Until 2018

NY Times | Thom Shanker | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The Iraqi defense minister said Monday that his nation would not be able to take full responsibility for its internal security until 2012, nor be able...

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Bush To Be Uncomfortably Reminded Of Afghanistan

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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President Bush often talks about how he "listens to the Generals." At least when they're telling him what he wants to hear. And when they don't have...

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Military Pressuring Bush To Move Troops From Iraq To Afghanistan

Washington Post | Michael Abramowitz and Peter Baker | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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With violence on the decline in Iraq but on the upswing in Afghanistan, President Bush is facing new pressure from the U.S. military to accelerate a t...

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Majority Of Military Families Lose Support For Bush Iraq Policy

LA Times | Faye Fiore | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Families with ties to the military, long a reliable source of support for wartime presidents, disapprove of President Bush and his handling of the war...

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Democrats' Iraq War Bill: 'More Holes Than Swiss Cheese'

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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For those who want troops out, "you've got more holes in here than Swiss cheese," said Tom Andrews, national director of the war protest group Win Wit...

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Britain To Withdraw Nearly Half Of Its Iraq Troops

AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Britain will withdraw nearly half its troops in Iraq beginning next spring, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday, leaving a contingent of 2,500 sol...

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Brown: UK To Withdraw 500 More Troops By End Of Year

The New York Times | PAUL von ZIELBAUER and SABRINA TAVERNISE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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In an unannounced visit to Baghdad on Tuesday, Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain said he planned to withdraw 500 additional troops from Iraq's so...

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Senate Republicans Block Iraq Withdrawal Bill

Associated Press | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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The Senate blocked legislation Friday that would have ordered most U.S. troops home from Iraq in nine months, culminating a losing week for Democrats ...

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Reid: Dems Won't Soften Iraq Timelines

Associated Press | Anne Flaherty | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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After weeks of suggesting Democrats would temper their approach to Iraq legislation in a bid to attract more Republicans, Senate Majority Leader Harry...

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Gates Breaks With Bush, Says He Wants Sharper Troop Cuts

Los Angeles Times | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Friday that he hoped to cut the U.S. force in Iraq to nearly half its current size by the end of 2008, a more d...

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Reid Rejects Bush Troop Plan: "This Is Unacceptable"

Associated Press | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Senate Democratic leaders on Wednesday rejected the call by the top U.S. general in Iraq for a reduction of up to 30,000 U.S. troops in Iraq by next s...

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Obama To Call For Immediate Troop Withdrawal From Iraq

CNN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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In advanced excerpts of his remarks, Obama, who is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, says the "bar for success" now in Iraq "is so low t...

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