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Newsweek: How will Obama get troops out of Iraq?

 
Even Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, once an ardent opponent of a firm departure date from Iraq, now feels that the debate isn't over when to leave, but how. But is the exit strategy really any clearer than it was before the passage of the Status of Forces Agreement? (link)

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