Follow BeltwayBlips on TwitterPentagon readies 16-month Iraq withdrawal plan (AP)
Published 1/15/2009 at Yahoo! News: Politics News
AP - Pentagon officials say they are readying plans for a pullout of U.S. troops from Iraq, including a move to do it within the 16-month time frame promised by President-elect Barack Obama.
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