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The Shoe Drops
Talking Points Memo —
Rice and Iraqi counterpart agree on "timetable" for leaving Iraq.
(Hint to Obama campaign: might be another nice pivot.)
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That's "TIMETABLE"
Hoffmania! —
... They're finally admitting it.
Timetables
Eschaton —
Wow. I assumed there would be one, but that it would have some other name, like "glbropqxitan" or something. "We have agreed that some goals, some aspirational timetables for how that might unfold, are well worth having in such an agreement," Rice told reporters after meeting with Iraqi officials, including Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The two sides had come together on a draft agreement earlier this week and Rice made an unannounced visit to Baghdad to press officials there to complete the accord. I guess an "aspirational timetable" is ...
Timetables Now in Place
Matthew Yglesias —
... Cowardly surrendercrat Condoleezza Rice and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki agree to timetable for withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq. The Bush administration isn’t even insisting on the weird “time horizon” formulation. Instead, Rice says that “We have agreed that some goals, some aspirational timetables for how that might unfold, are well worth having in such an agreement.” ...
George Bush surrenders in Iraq.
INSTAPUTZ —
Let the impeachment hearings begin.
Proposed U.S. withdrawal plan ‘is right out of’ CAP’s Strategic Redeployment plan.
Think Progress —
... During a press conference in Iraq today, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that while a final agreement has yet to be made, the U.S. and Iraq had “agreed that some goals, some aspirational timetables for how that might unfold, are well worth having in such an agreement.” Read ...
Mitchell Bard: August 21, 2008: The Day John McCain's Campaign Died
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... But now McCain's biggest nightmare has come true. Today we find out that Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice appeared with the Iraqi foreign minister to announce that the two countries have agreed that a timetable should be set for the withdrawal of U.S. troops. ...
Barbara's Daily BuzzFlash Minute for August 22, 2008
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash —
... exemplifies McCain’s poor judgment! Where is the “straight talker” the “maverick”? It’s a myth; McCain is not now nor was he ever a “straight talker” and a “maverick”! McCain was and is nothing more than a pandering suck up! What’s a radical Repuglican presidential candidate to do, when the backbone issue of his campaign is taken off the table??? “The Bush administration and Iraqi government are close to completing a security agreement that Iraqi officials said tentatively calls for U.S. combat troops to be withdrawn from Baghdad and other cities by next summer. ...
Agree To Disagree? Maliki, Bush Admin Clash On Status Of Pullout Agreement
TPMMuckraker —
... AFP also includes a stern denial from Bush Administration spokesman Tony Fratto, who maintains that "we have not yet finalized an agreement." Fratto even seems to back away from Condoleezza Rice's recent endorsement -- however mushy -- of a "timetable" for withdrawal. Fratto's comment, after the jump: ...
