msnbc.msn.com - 2/26/2009
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Administration officials say President Barack Obama is planning to announce that most U.S. troops will be out of Iraq in less than 19 months.
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
mudvillegazette.com - 2/27/2009
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It's official: any combat forces in Iraq after
August 2010 will be called something else : President...
Obama’s planned Iraq troop drawdown would leave the bulk of American forces in place until early next year while some combat units would remain in place in new roles even beyond a declared ...
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Took You for Granted, I Thought that You Needed Me More
Obsidian Wings —
... timeline for the withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from Iraq in the coming days, debate over the form, sequencing, and extent of the withdrawal has ...
Obama announces his timeline for Iraq troop withdrawal
Crooks and Liars —
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The date we can all look forward to: August 31, 2010.
President Barack Obama on Friday declared that the United States would end its bloody and costly combat mission in Iraq by late summer of 2010 — but a dramatic force reduction was not expected until after Iraq's elections at the end of this year.
"Let me say this as plainly as I can: by August 31, 2010, our combat mission in Iraq will end," he said in a speech at the ...
Top 5 Reasons Why We Should Not Ignore Iraq
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... and Pakistan, and planning to withdrawal all combat troops from Iraq by August 2010, it would appear like the war is over. Not so fast. Here are the top 5 reasons why the international community should not turn its back on Iraq. What are your reasons? Leave them in the comments below. ...
Top 5 Reasons Why We Should Not Ignore Iraq
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... and Pakistan, and planning to withdrawal all combat troops from Iraq by August 2010, it would appear like the war is over. Not so fast. Here are the top 5 reasons why the international community should not turn its back on Iraq. What are your reasons? Leave them in the comments below. ...
GOP Finally Agrees With Obama on Ending the War in Iraq
democracyarsenal.org —
... Today, after years of political fighting, opportunism, maneuvering, obfuscation and obstruction, the GOP has finally agreed that it is time to begin drawing down American forces in Iraq. By standing beside Obama's timeline for ending America's combat mission in Iraq, and agreeing with a wide majority of the American people that the war there should start to wind down, Eric Cantor today clearly ...
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Officials: US out of Iraq in 19 months
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news.yahoo.com 2/24/2009 — AP - The United States will withdraw most of its troops from Iraq by August 2010, 19 months after President Barack Obama's inauguration day, according to administration officials who expect Obama to make the announcement this week.
18 months
lynch.foreignpolicy.com 2/26/2009 — The Associated Press is reporting that President Obama is set to announce -- perhaps as early as Friday -- a plan for the withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from Iraq by August 2010, or in about 18 months. He expects to leave behind a residual ...
Bolton blasts Obama on Iraq, Iran —
First Read 2/26/2009
From NBC's Lauren Appelbaum WASHINGTON -- In a speech here at the Conservative Political Action Conference, John Bolton , Bush's representative to the UN, admonished the young Obama administration for what he sees as not focusing enough on ...
Obama's first budget: Key defense figures —
CNN Political Ticker 2/26/2009
President Obama pointed out that the Bush administration submitted a separate funding request for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, effectively keeping them off the books of the main budget.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Barack Obama ...
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