online.wsj.com - 11/20/2008
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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 of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters ...
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com - 11/20/2008
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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 ...
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White House Declares Strategic VICTORY IN IRAQ! (Video)
washingtonpost.com - 11/20/2008
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washingtonpost.com —
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 ...
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Mullen: U.S. Would Need More Than 2 Years for Iraq ...
mcclatchydc.com - 11/20/2008
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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 ...
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Why the U.S. blinked on its troop agreement with Iraq
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Tomgram: A Consumer's Paradise of War
TomDispatch —
... For those who needed further clarification, the Wall Street Journal's Yochi J. Dreazen spelled it out: "In recent interviews, two high-ranking officers stated flatly that it would be logistically impossible to dismantle dozens of large U.S. bases there and withdraw the 150,000 troops now in Iraq so quickly. The officers said it would take close to three years for a full withdrawal and could take longer if the fighting resumed as American forces left the country." ...
Tom Engelhardt: Stuff Happens: The Pentagon's Argument of Last Resort on Iraq
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... For those who needed further clarification, the Wall Street Journal's Yochi J. Dreazen spelled it out: "In recent interviews, two high-ranking officers stated flatly that it would be logistically impossible to dismantle dozens of large U.S. bases there and withdraw the 150,000 troops now in Iraq so quickly. The officers said it would take close to three years for a full withdrawal and could take longer if the fighting resumed as American forces left the country." ...
Stuff Happens: The Pentagon's Argument of Last Resort on Iraq
Antiwar.com Original —
... , "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 take at least "two to three years." For those who needed further clarification, the Wall Street Journal's Yochi J. Dreazen spelled it out : "In recent interviews, two high-ranking officers stated flatly that it would be logistically ...
Stuff Happens
The Latest on Air America —
... , "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 take at least "two to three years." For those who needed further clarification, the Wall Street Journal's Yochi J. Dreazen spelled it out : "In recent interviews, two high-ranking officers stated flatly that it would be logistically ...
Obama: ‘I Believe That 16 Months Is The Right Time Frame’ For Getting Out Of Iraq
Think Progress —
... . Obama’s continued endorsement of the 16 month timeline is also important because some in the Pentagon are challenging Obama’s time frame: ...
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