news.yahoo.com - 2/27/2009
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It should come as no surprise that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has been quick to endorse emerging plans to hasten the departure of U.S. forces from his country. Maliki, after all, had opposed the Bush Administration 's decision to increase U.S. troop levels in the surge of 2007, and he ...
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shadow.foreignpolicy.com - 2/28/2009
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By Christian Brose Today begins the leap in
the dark. For six years we've known that the...
Iraq war must end and that at some point U.S. forces would leave. The question that always hung out there was -- and then what ? President Bush chose not to ...
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Obama's Iraq speech: Brought to you by George W. Bush
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Most Iraqis Welcome Obama's Pullout Plan
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... in this situation." But for some U.S. soldiers in Iraq, the prospect of leaving sooner rather than later within the established withdrawal timeline is welcome. "Good," said Army Capt. Matt van Stavern, whose unit is serving in Mosul, where U.S. and Iraqi security forces continue to battle insurgents who've remained active in the city for the past year despite an overall drop in violence across the country. "My boys are ready to go home. And the Iraqi people will be ready." Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090227/wl_time/085991882...
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... is up to 8.8%. * President Obama's policy in Iraq is generating positive reviews among Iraqis . * The lobbying is bound to be intense in opposition, but the White House's budget " ...
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Romney hits Obama on surge
politico.com 2/27/2009 — On the day Obama announces plans to pull troops from Iraq, Romney praises the plan but renews the attack on Obama's opposition the the surge:
"It is in spite of Barack Obama's stance that the troops are coming home in victory -- not because ...
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Mitt Romney hits Obama on Iraq War SURGE
On the day Obama announces plans to pull troops from Iraq, Romney praises the plan but renews the attack on Obama's opposition the the surge:
"It is in spite of Barack Obama's stance that the troops are coming home in victory — not ...
Where's your Messiah now? —
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I'm actually cautiously optimistic about Obama's plan to draw down troops from Iraq, a feeling which is partially reinforced by the gnashing of teeth that we're now seeing from certain people: President Barack Obama's plan to pull US combat forces from Iraq by August 2010 have drawn fire from ...
War in Iraq: 2003-2010 —
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
Well, not exactly, but a plan to be announced by the Obama administration on Friday will likely pull out “combat” troops from the war-torn country by August 31, 2010, officially ending U.S. combat operations in Iraq while still maintaining a force of 50,000 ambiguously-named ...
Obama's Iraq drawdown: Marine stage —
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by Julian E. Barnes
President Barack Obama is set to announce today that he will pull the majority of U.S. military forces from Iraq by August 2010, fulfilling his campaign pledge to wind down the Iraq war.
But the plan will leave a substantial force in Iraq after the middle of ...
Obama Will Pull Most Troops from Iraq —
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
President Obama will unveil his plan today to pull most troops out of Iraq by August 2010 -- and surprisingly he has the support of Sen. John McCain, the New York Times reports.
"McCain and other Republicans emerged from a meeting with Mr. Obama at the White House on Thursday evening ...
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