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washingtonpost.com - 11/20/2008
Mullen: U.S. Would Need More Than 2 Years for Iraq Withdrawal
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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 conditions on the ground, the nation's top ...
online.wsj.com - 11/20/2008
Pentagon Wary of Fast Iraq Withdrawal
— 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 ... (more) Pentagon Wary of Fast Iraq Withdrawal

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White House Declares Strategic VICTORY IN IRAQ! (Video)
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com - 11/20/2008
White House Declares Strategic VICTORY IN IRAQ! (Video)
— 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 ... (more) White House Declares Strategic VICTORY IN IRAQ! (Video)

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mcclatchydc.com - 11/20/2008
Why the U.S. blinked on its troop agreement with Iraq
— mcclatchydc.com — WASHINGTON — Although the Pentagon officially has welcomed the new accord on a U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq, senior military officials are privately criticizing President Bush for giving Iraq more control over U.S. military operations for ... (more) Why the U.S. blinked on its troop agreement with Iraq

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Tomgram: A Consumer's Paradise of War
TomDispatch — ... as soon as he arrives -- wheeled it into place and launched it like a missile aimed at the heart of Obama's 16-month withdrawal plan for U.S. combat troops in Iraq. It may not sound like much, but believe me, it is. The Chairman simply said, "We have 150,000 troops in Iraq right now. We have lots of bases. We have an awful lot of equipment that's there. And so we would have to look at all of that tied to, obviously, the conditions that are there, literally the security conditions Clearly, we'd want to be able to do it safely." Getting it all out safely, he estimated, would ...

Tom Engelhardt: Stuff Happens: The Pentagon's Argument of Last Resort on Iraq
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... as soon as he arrives -- wheeled it into place and launched it like a missile aimed at the heart of Obama's 16-month withdrawal plan for U.S. combat troops in Iraq. It may not sound like much, but believe me, it is. The Chairman simply said, "We have 150,000 troops in Iraq right now. We have lots of bases. We have an awful lot of equipment that's there. And so we would have to look at all of that tied to, obviously, the conditions that are there, literally the security conditions... Clearly, we'd want to be able to do it safely." Getting it all out safely, he estimated, would ...

Stuff Happens: The Pentagon's Argument of Last Resort on Iraq
Antiwar.com Original — ... as soon as he arrives – wheeled it into place and launched it like a missile aimed at the heart of Obama's 16-month withdrawal plan for US combat troops in Iraq. It may not sound like much, but believe me, it is. The Chairman simply said , "We have 150,000 troops in Iraq right now. We have lots of bases. We have an awful lot of equipment that's there. And so we would have to look at all of that tied to, obviously, the conditions that are there, literally the security conditions? Clearly, we'd want to be able to do it safely." Getting it all out safely, he estimated, would ...

Stuff Happens
The Latest on Air America — ... as soon as he arrives -- wheeled it into place and launched it like a missile aimed at the heart of Obama's 16-month withdrawal plan for U.S. combat troops in Iraq. It may not sound like much, but believe me, it is. The Chairman simply said , "We have 150,000 troops in Iraq right now. We have lots of bases. We have an awful lot of equipment that's there. And so we would have to look at all of that tied to, obviously, the conditions that are there, literally the security conditions… Clearly, we'd want to be able to do it safely." Getting it all out safely, he estimated, would ...

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