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President Obama Calls W, Maliki to Tell Them About Iraq Withdrawal Plan
blogs.abcnews.com - 2/27/2009
President Obama Calls W, Maliki to Tell Them About Iraq Withdrawal Plan
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President Obama made two phone calls this morning on his way to the speech, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said this afternoon. Having previously tried and failed to connect with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki to tell him about...

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Think Progress:  Obama: ‘By August 31, 2010, our combat mission in Iraq will end.’

shadow.foreignpolicy.com - 2/28/2009
Obama's Iraq speech: Brought to you by George W. Bush
— shadow.foreignpolicy.com — 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 ... (more) Obama's Iraq speech: Brought to you by George W. Bush

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mudvillegazette.com - 2/27/2009
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— mudvillegazette.com — 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 ... (more) Details

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Obama: ‘By August 31, 2010, our combat mission in Iraq will end.’
Think Progress — ... Prior to delivering his speech, Obama called Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki and “briefed the prime minister on the plan he would announce.” Obama also called former President Bush, “as a courtesy.” ...

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