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Rice says U.S., Iraq agree to troop withdrawal timetable

Talking Points Memo found this 8/21/2008 on usatoday.com

Appearing together at a news conference, Rice and Zebari mutually asserted that a final agreement between Washington and Baghdad on a withdrawal plan and accompanying strategic framework pact is close to fruition — but not there yet. "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 ...