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The Caucus —
... team about heading the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, according to two Democratic officials familiar with the selection process. Mr. Becerra is widely seen as a skeptic of free trade. Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva has emerged as a leading candidate for interior secretary, two people familiar with the deliberations said. Mr. Grijalva has been an outspoken critic of the Bush administration’s policies on oil and gas drilling on public lands. And the Times’s Thom Shanker notes the hurdles ahead for Mr. Obama as he tries to keep his campaign promises on ...
“Campaign Promises on Ending the War in Iraq Now Muted by Reality “
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
Hey, don’t scowl at me: scowl at the New York Times. It’s their headline:
WASHINGTON - On the campaign trail, Senator Barack Obama offered a pledge that electrified and motivated his liberal base, vowing to “end the war” in Iraq.
But as he moves closer to the White House, President-elect Obama is making clearer than ever that tens of thousands of American troops will be left behind in Iraq, even if he can make good on his campaign promise to pull all combat forces out within 16 months.
“I said that I ...
The Daily Grind
Weekly Standard Blog —
... Greatest NYT headline: Campaign promises on ending war in Iraq now muted by reality. Nice of them to notice the distance between Obama's rhetoric and actions post-election, huh? ...
Transition News 12/04
The Stump —
... Obama's reality
check on Iraq tempers his pledge to "end the
war."
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I hate when reality goes and mutes me
Alarming News —
... December 04, 2008 I hate when reality goes and mutes me Campaign Promises on Ending the War in Iraq Now Muted by Reality Posted by Karol at December 4, 2008 12:59 PM | ...
Today on DT: Obama sells out, Rendell says something dumb (and possibly sexist), and Ron learns about the Grammys
The Latest on Air America —
... to enact a windfall profits tax on oil companies and to get rid of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, and now it looks like the "residual" force he plans to leave in Iraq might no be so residual. At what point has he sold out? ...
NYT: Oh, by the way, forget about that whole “withdrawal from Iraq” thing
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... In fairness to The One and as duly noted by the Times , he’s always distinguished between combat troops, whom he insists will be withdrawn within 16 months, and residual forces, whose deployment would be ...
Hope ‘N Change: Obama Backs Away From Iraq Troop Withdrawals
Say Anything —
... Because we’ve already won the war, which is what neither he nor any of his sycophants in the media is going to tell you. ...
Obama Campaign Promise #1 Broken: Will NO LONGER End The War in Iraq
Flopping Aces —
... a jihadi bombing. They don’t care. One would do well to wonder, however, if the silence & support for the Bush policy under Pres Obama is yet more evidence that opposition to the war in Iraq was more about opposing Pres Bush than it was about patriotic dissent against a war? 2 Men put out the same policy w the same excuses, but one is opposed, and the other fully supported. There can be no other conclusion than the opposition is against the man not the issue.
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Methinks CODEPINK will be protesting the Inauguration [NOT!] ...
Non Combat
Daily Pundit —
News Analysis - Campaign Promises on Ending the War in Iraq Now Muted by Reality - NYTimes.com
“I said that I would remove our combat troops from Iraq in 16 months, with the understanding that it might be necessary — likely to be necessary — to maintain a residual force to provide potential training, logistical support, to protect our civilians in Iraq,” Mr. Obama said this week as he introduced his national security team.
Publicly at least, Mr. Obama has not set a firm number for that “residual force,” a phrase certain to become central to the ...
Up to 70,000 Residual Troops in Iraq Beyond 2011?
Open Left - Front Page —
Some army planners are saying that Obama will keep between 30-50,000 troops in Iraq, perhaps even up to 70,000, even beyond 2011. This is not a betrayal, as Obama promised to keep troops in Iraq during the election, a point often overlooked by worshipful progressives. But for those who think that personnel does not indicate policy, think again. ...
Change? Did I Say "Change?"
Stones Cry Out —
... * The New York Times (yes, that New York Times): Reality rears its ugly head regarding Iraqi forces. I like this line: ...
Colonizing Iraq
Commondreams.org Views —
... what's happening in "the dark" -- beyond the glare of lights and TV cameras -- that counts. While many critics of the Iraq War have been willing to cut the Obama administration some slack as its foreign policy team and the U.S. military gear up for that definitive withdrawal, something else -- something more unsettling -- appears to be going on. And it wasn't just the president's hedging over withdrawing American "combat" troops from Iraq – which, in any case, make up as few as one-third of the 130,000 U.S. forces still in the country -- now ...
