change.gov - 11/19/2008
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The Obama-Biden Plan Barack Obama and Joe Biden will responsibly end the war in Iraq so that we can renew our military strength, dedicate more resources to the fight against the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan, and invest in our economy at home. The Obama-Biden plan will help us succeed in ...
online.wsj.com - 11/20/2008
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online.wsj.com —
WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama is facing an
early confrontation with the Pentagon over the hot-button issue...
of how fast to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq, with some senior officers arguing for a slower drawdown. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman ...
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Pentagon Wary of Fast Iraq Withdrawal
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com - 11/20/2008
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gatewaypundit.blogspot.com —
Terrific! Thanks to the Leftists at Think Progress
for pointing this out. White House press secretary Dana...
Perino today told the gaggle in DC that the conditions are such now that we are able to celebrate the victory that we've had so far. Of ...
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White House Declares Strategic VICTORY IN IRAQ! (Video)
washingtonpost.com - 11/20/2008
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washingtonpost.com —
Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, November 17, 2008;
4:43 PM The U.S. military would require two to...
three years to remove its roughly 150,000 troops and equipment from Iraq safely, and the timing of that withdrawal should be based on security ...
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Mullen: U.S. Would Need More Than 2 Years for Iraq ...
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Change found in SOFA
Mudville Gazette —
... Obama and Biden also believe that any security accord must be subject to Congressional approval. It is unacceptable that the Iraqi government will present the agreement to the Iraqi parliament for approval—yet the Bush administration will not do the same with the U.S. Congress."(FWIW, me on that on November 7: "This... might not be so important any more, though a pro forma submission might be "doable".")
The President-elect on the SOFA: Obama and Biden believe it is vital ...
Military stays dominant in the field -- or not?
The Reaction —
By Carol Gee Conflicts large and small are going on around the world. The United States is underrepresented in some of them, and over represented in others. What is deemed to be in the national security interest will, in all likelihood, change with the Obama administration. However, just because the United States will have a new president in a couple of months, that does not necessarily mean much will change right away on the war fronts. The advice of military commanders will be heavily weighted in the decision making until the President gains his confidence ...
On The Clinton Appointment: More Facts, Less Drama, Please!
Daily Kos —
Finally, someone says it. John Isaacs, the Executive Director of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, has written a great piece about how much Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton agree on many critical defense and foreign policy issues. His point about the media is absolutely dead-on correct. The traditional media (and many blogs) put their manufactured drama over substance: President-elect Barack Obama announced today that he will nominate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) to be Secretary of State. Selecting a former rival for ...
Iraq and U.S. Agree That U.S. Troops Will Leave Iraq by December 31, 2011
CNSNews.com Headlines —
White House (CNSNews.com) - The Bush administration and the Iraqi government have agreed on a timeline to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq by December 31, 2011. Iraqi voters must approve the agreement in a referendum, however, and President-elect Obama has promised a quicker U.S. withdrawal. After a month in which violence and U.S. casualties in Iraq were at a post-invasion low, Iraq s presidential council on Thursday approved a Status of Forces Agreement ...
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mudvillegazette.com 12/1/2008 — Heh .
It might be helpful for folks to understand that there were always at least two Iraq wars - one, a military conflict in Iraq and two, a political pissfest in Washington. The U.S. military won one of them in 2007; the Democrats won the other ...
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SoI: Anbar
mudvillegazette.com 1/12/2009 — Third in a series, previous entry here .
More from Adam Weinstein, on the near-future of the Sons of Iraq program.
Anbar grassroots movement reaches milestone:
Sons of Iraq registration underway
By Adam Weinstein
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SoI: Diyala
mudvillegazette.com 1/12/2009 — Continuing a series begun here .
As 2008 drew to a close, Adam Weinstein, MNC-I Public Affairs, sent us the following update on the transfer of the Sons of Iraq program to Government of Iraq control.
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