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 Obama to Order Iraq Withdrawal on Day One, Axelrod Says
Obama to Order Iraq Withdrawal on Day One, Axelrod Says
Incoming White House senior adviser David Axelrod said this morning that President-elect Barack Obama will fulfill his campaign promise and begin on Wednesday the process of withdrawing America forces from Iraq within 16 months. "He believes that that is a reasonable timetable. We've moved a ...
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King's Anti-Imperialism and the Challenge for Obama
Informed Comment — ... Obama's plan to order the beginning of a withdrawal from Iraq on day one of his administration is consistent with the anticolonialism of the King tradition and of Obama's own autobiography. ...

Obama To Order Iraq Withdrawl On Day One?
Pirate's Cove — So says Axelrod Incoming White House senior adviser David Axelrod said this morning that President-elect Barack Obama will fulfill his campaign promise and begin on Wednesday the process of withdrawing America forces from Iraq within 16 months. “He believes that that is a reasonable timetable. We’ve moved a great distance from the time he started talking about that, and now we’re in an area where everyone agrees that we should be on a path to withdrawing those troops. And he is going to begin that process, as promised, on that day,” Axelrod said in a “This Week” interview with George ...

Obama To Order Iraq Withdrawl On Day One?
Stop The ACLU — So says Axelrod Incoming White House senior adviser David Axelrod said this morning that President-elect Barack Obama will fulfill his campaign promise and begin on Wednesday the process of withdrawing America forces from Iraq within 16 months.“He believes that that is a reasonable timetable. We’ve moved a great distance from the time he started talking about that, and now we’re in an area where everyone agrees that we should be on a path to withdrawing those troops. And he is going to begin that process, as promised, on that day,” Axelrod said in a “This Week” interview with George Stephanopoulos . On Wednesday, Obama will call in his ...

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