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Gates: Some US Troops May Be Leaving Iraq Early

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 08.29.2009 | World

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ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT — A combat brigade of 5,000 American troops may be brought home early from Iraq if the trend of reduced violence...

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Gates In Iraq: "Nobody's The Boss Or The Occupier"

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 08.28.2009 | World

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TALIL, Iraq — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates got a firsthand look Tuesday at the future of the U.S. military mission in southern Iraq. Gat...

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A Progressive Case for Gates

Max Bergmann | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics

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In keeping Gates, Obama is actually indicating that he is very serious about instituting significant reform of the Pentagon.

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Gates: Both Obama And McCain Would Take 'Sensible Approach' on Iraq

The Hill | Andy Barr | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday that from what he has seen, both John McCain and Barack Obama would take a "sensible approach" to Iraq o...

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Military Brass Beginning To Question Iraq Mission

McClathcy Newspapers | Nancy A. Youssef and Renee Schoof | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Four and a half years after the nation's top military leaders saluted and fell in behind President Bush's pre-emptive invasion of Iraq, their replacem...

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Defense Sec Gates: "I Don't Know" If Iraq War Was Right Thing To Do

ABC News | JONATHAN KARL | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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It's been an article of faith for the Bush administration that the invasion of Iraq was the right thing to do. However, the man now in charge of runn...

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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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