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Live-Blogging Conference Call with Robert Gates

The Page by Mark Halperin found this 2/27/2009 on blogs.wsj.com

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is hosting a conference call with reporters to discuss President Barack Obama ’s address today at Camp Lejeune . The president confirmed plans to remove U.S. troops from Iraq, and laid out a strategy to continue diplomatic engagement with the country. Obama announced that combat troops would be out of Iraq by the end of August 2010. (For more, read this story in The Wall Street Journal .) The live-blog will begin shortly. 1:04 : Josh Earnest ...