Iraq Withdrawal

Iraq Government Spokesperson: US Could Be Out By 2011

CNN | Posted 07.17.2008 | Home


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 ...

White House Claims Iraqi Demand For Withdrawal Timeline Is Transcription Error

Think Progress | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics


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...

US Withdrawal Timetable Insisted Upon By Iraqi Government

AP | SALLY BUZBEE | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics


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

In Break With Bush, Iraq PM Demands US Withdrawal Timetable

Times Of London | James Hilder | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics


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 ...

Iraq Includes Timetable For US Withdrawal In Security Proposal

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SEBASTIAN ABBOT | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics


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...

Jason Linkins

Obama Aide Gibbs Ties Potential Iraq Trip To Troop Withdrawal

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.06.2008 | Politics


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...

Democrats Set To Defy Bush On War Bill

NY Times | CARL HULSE | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics


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

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

Rasmussen Reports | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics


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...

Sam Stein

Clinton, Obama Surrogates Take Softer Approach On Iraq Withdrawal

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics


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...

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

McClatchy | Warren P. Strobel and Nancy A. Youssef | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics


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...

Sam Stein

Samantha Power Unapologetic About Iraq Remarks, Hints At Return

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.03.2008 | Politics


Former Obama aide Samantha Power may be repentant for calling Sen. Hillary Clinton a political monster, but on the other issue that marked her resigna...

Sam Stein

Clinton Camp Hedges, Then Backpedals, On Troop Withdrawal

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Ever since former aide Samantha Power admitted to the BBC that Sen. Barack Obama's Iraq withdrawal plan could change depending on conditions on the gr...

Romney, McCain Fight Over Iraq Heating Up

Washington Post | Michael D. Shear and Juliet Eilperin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Sen. John McCain of Arizona accused former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney of having once supported a U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq, sparking an ...

McCain: Romney Favored Iraq Withdrawal

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


ORLANDO — John McCain accused Mitt Romney of wanting to set a timetable to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq, drawing immediate protest from his Re...

Pelosi Announces Iraq Withdrawal Vote Friday

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House will vote as early as Friday on legislation that would spend $50 billion on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan but r...

Dems: No Compromise On Iraq

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


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