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thinkprogress.org - 12/2/2008
Obama: ‘I Believe That 16 Months Is The Right Time Frame’ For Getting Out Of Iraq
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At a press conference today where President-elect Barack Obama announced his national security team, a reporter asked Obama if he still intended to “withdraw all U.S. forces from Iraq in 16 months after Inauguration.” “I believe that 16 months is the right time frame,” ...

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Op-Ed Columnist: Obama’s Iraq Inheritance
nytimes.com - 11/30/2008
Op-Ed Columnist: Obama’s Iraq Inheritance
— nytimes.com — For the first time, there is a chance that a reasonably stable democratizing government, though no doubt corrupt in places, can take root in the Iraqi political space. > (more) Op-Ed Columnist: Obama’s Iraq Inheritance

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NY Times Scurrying To Give Obama Victory Credit For Their Shared Defeat In Iraq
confederateyankee.mu.nu - 11/30/2008
NY Times Scurrying To Give Obama Victory Credit For Their Shared Defeat In Iraq
— confederateyankee.mu.nu — Barack Obama and his Democratic allies have famously done everything in their power to try to lose the Iraqi War while President Bush is in office, but now that everyone with any understanding of the conflict knows that the war... (more) NY Times Scurrying To Give Obama Victory Credit For ...

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The Art of the End of War
michaelyon-online.com - 12/1/2008
The Art of the End of War
— michaelyon-online.com — The Art of the End of War   Published: 01 December 2008 Zabul Province, Afghanistan (Travel from Iraq to Afghanistan, and needless bureaucratic delays, nearly killed this dispatch. Though many photos were made during the recent journey in ... (more) The Art of the End of War

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Still Leaving
Matthew Yglesias — ... But hey, guess what, it turns out that presidents don’t take orders from cabinet secretaries. Rather, they pick subordinates who are willing to carry out their policies. Thus, yesterday Obama reiterated that “16 months is the right time frame” and today Gates ...

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