Iraq Withdrawal

McCain, Obama On Iraq, Afghanistan And Trade

Eliza Margarita Bates and Cara Zwerling | Posted 09.18.2008 | Home

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Eliza Margarita Bates and Cara Zwerling

Over the course of this week, OffTheBus is running a primer on some of the most important foreign policy issues the next president will face. The primer can act as a guide to how candidates Barack Obama and John McCain stand on each issue. Check out the links for more information on these issues. Today, the primer looks at where Obama and McCain stand on Iraq, Afghanistan and trade policy.

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Bush's Modest Iraq Drawdown Acknowledges War Isn't Going As Well As Perceived

TIME | MARK THOMPSON | Posted 09.09.2008 | Politics

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The Bush Administration seems to have taken to heart Barack Obama's assertion that the U.S. should be as careful getting out of Iraq as it was carele...

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Seth Colter Walls

Obama Foreign Policy Aide: McCain Is Out Of GOP Mainstream On Iraq

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 08.25.2008 | Politics

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Barack Obama's chief foreign policy adviser Susan Rice just strolled past past the Huffington Post office inside media pavilion number 5 here at the D...

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Iraqi leader insists on deadline for troop pullout

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and ROBERT H. REID | Posted 08.25.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki dug in his heels Monday on the future of the U.S. military in Iraq, insisting that all foreign soldiers...

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US, Iraq close in on deal for pullout of US troops

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and ROBERT BURNS | Posted 08.21.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — Iraq and the U.S. pushed close to a deal Thursday setting a course for American combat troops to pull out of major Iraqi cities by nex...

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Officials: Deal calls for troop pullback in Iraq

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and ROBERT BURNS | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — Iraqi and U.S. negotiators have completed a draft security agreement that would see American troops leave Iraqi cities as soon as June...

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Withdrawing From Iraq: No Longer If But How

Washington Independent | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics

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Ever since Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told Der Spiegel magazine last month that he wanted U.S. troops to withdraw from his country in 2010, ...

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Security Agreement WIth Iraq Said To Be Near

New York Times | ALISSA J. RUBIN and STEVEN LEE MYERS | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics

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Iraq and the United States are close to a deal on a sensitive security agreement that Iraqi officials said on Wednesday satisfies the nation's desire ...

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Let's Not and Say We Did

Anthony Arnove | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics

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Anthony Arnove

Every day, it's becoming clearer that Bush,the Iraqi prime minister, and the presidential candidates are reaching a new consensus, which can be summed up as, "let's not and say we did."

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Seth Colter Walls

The Democrats' National Security Hangover

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

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Lately, Democrats have been having a party on national security. An Admiral who wants more troops in Afghanistan, the Bush administration's diplomatic...

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Seth Colter Walls

Exclusive: Former Iraqi PM Allawi To Testify To Congress Wednesday

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics

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Massachusetts Democrat Rep. Bill Delahunt tells the Huffington Post that next Wednesday, his Foreign Affairs subcommittee will hear testimony from for...

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Bush Agrees To "General Time Horizon" For Troop Withdrawals In Iraq

AP | TERENCE HUNT | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Bush and Iraq's prime minister have agreed to set a "general time horizon" for bringing more U.S. troops home from the wa...

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McCain Camp Questions Obama on Iraq - McCain Campaign Press Conference Call 7.13 AUDIO

OffTheBus Listening Post | Posted 07.14.2008 | Home

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WHO: Randy Scheunemann, senior foreign policy adviser WHAT: Press Briefing Call WHEN: Sunday, July 13, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. ET SUMMARY This call use...

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Pentagon Fighting Off Peace Majorities in Iraq and US, A Crisis of Democracy

Tom Hayden | Posted 07.12.2008 | Politics

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Tom Hayden

Al-Maliki and the Pentagon are conspiring to fool public opinion in the US and Iraq during an election year by finally promising a withdrawal deadline with vague parameters. What's going on here?

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Iraq Government Spokesperson: US Could Be Out By 2011

CNN | Posted 07.09.2008 | Home

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A deadline should be set for the withdrawal of U.S. and allied forces from Iraq, and the pullout could be done by 2011, an Iraqi government spokesman ...

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White House Claims Iraqi Demand For Withdrawal Timeline Is Transcription Error

Think Progress | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

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Today, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki suggested having a timetable for the withdrawal of coalition troops. "The direction we are taking is to have a m...

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US Withdrawal Timetable Insisted Upon By Iraqi Government

AP | SALLY BUZBEE | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — Iraq's national security adviser said Tuesday his country will not accept any security deal with the United States unless it contains ...

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In Break With Bush, Iraq PM Demands US Withdrawal Timetable

Times Of London | James Hilder | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

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Iraq said for the first time yesterday that it wanted to set a timetable for the withdrawal of US troops from its territory. President Bush has long ...

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Iraq Includes Timetable For US Withdrawal In Security Proposal

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SEBASTIAN ABBOT | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — Iraq's prime minister said Monday his country wants some type of timetable for a withdrawal of American troops included in the deal th...

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Obama Aide Gibbs Ties Potential Iraq Trip To Troop Withdrawal

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.29.2008 | 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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Democrats Set To Defy Bush On War Bill

NY Times | CARL HULSE | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics

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Defying President Bush, House Democrats are preparing to forge ahead with a war spending measure that would include extended unemployment assistance a...

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

Rasmussen Reports | Posted 04.08.2008 | 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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Sam Stein

Clinton, Obama Surrogates Take Softer Approach On Iraq Withdrawal

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics

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Key surrogates to both Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama suggested on Wednesday that a sensible policy in Iraq would provide the next commander i...

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U.S. Withdrawal Talk Silenced By Results Of Iraqi Offensive

McClatchy | Warren P. Strobel and Nancy A. Youssef | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

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The Bush administration was caught off-guard by the first Iraqi-led military offensive since the fall of Saddam Hussein, a weeklong thrust in southern...

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4000 Reasons to Take Responsibility

Donna Edwards | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics

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Donna Edwards

It has been obvious for a long time that our presence in Iraq is making things worse, and that it is not a false choice between supporting the troops and ending the war.

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