Iraq Withdrawal

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Generals Seek To Reverse Obama's Iraq Withdrawal Decision

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 03.05.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (IPS) - CENTCOM commander Gen. David Petraeus, supported by Defence Secretary Robert Gates, tried to convince President Barack Oba...

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Obama Squares Off With Top Iraq Commander On Withdrawal

Foreign Policy Magazine | Marc Lynch | Posted 03.01.2009 | World

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The institutional pushback against Obama's attempt to change Iraq policy is unfolding as predicted. After a steady stream of Washington Post and Wall ...

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Pentagon: Iraq Withdrawal Has 16-Month Time Frame

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Pentagon officials said Thursday they will be ready on Inauguration Day with plans for a quick pullout of U.S. combat troops from I...

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Watching the Detectives

S.D. Liddick | Posted 02.02.2009 | World

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The Marines have accompanied the Iraqis about as far as they can go. Now they're feeling like a parent with a toddler on a bicycle. The training wheels have to come off at some point.

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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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This (Old) News Just In... Obama Doesn't Plan to End the Iraq Occupation

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics

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Some people seem to just now be waking up to the fact that Obama never had a comprehensive plan to fully end the occupation. Obama never defined "ending the war" as removing all U.S. forces from Iraq.

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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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Stuff Happens: The Pentagon's Argument of Last Resort on Iraq

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics

In a nutshell, the Pentagon's argument couldn't be simpler or more red-bloodedly American: We have too much stuff there to leave Iraq any time soon.

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Newly Signed SOFA To Spur WIthdrawal, Benefit Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics

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As has been widely reported, the recently signed Status of Forces Agreement between the United States and the Iraqi Cabinet could potentially "[close]...

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Diplomacy, Diplomacy, Diplomacy

Jon Soltz | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

Diplomacy is as important for keeping Iraq stable as it is for making sure that US troops are not targets of attacks by insurgents, or caught in the crossfire of an explosion of sectarian violence, as we begin to pull back.

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McCain Starts Mapping Out New Role In Senate

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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PHOENIX — Before resting from the grueling presidential race, John McCain began discussing with senior aides what role he will play in the Senat...

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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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McCain, Obama On Iraq, Afghanistan And Trade

Eliza Margarita Bates and Cara Zwerling | Posted 10.19.2008 | Home

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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 10.10.2008 | 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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Obama Foreign Policy Aide: McCain Is Out Of GOP Mainstream On Iraq

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 09.25.2008 | 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 09.25.2008 | 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 09.21.2008 | 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 09.20.2008 | 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 09.12.2008 | 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 08.07.2008 | 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 08.07.2008 | Politics

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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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The Democrats' National Security Hangover

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 07.30.2008 | 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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Exclusive: Former Iraqi PM Allawi To Testify To Congress Wednesday

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 07.27.2008 | 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 07.26.2008 | 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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Pentagon Fighting Off Peace Majorities in Iraq and US, A Crisis of Democracy

Tom Hayden | Posted 07.20.2008 | Politics

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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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