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The Beginning of the End? Obama, Gates Outline Iraq Drawdown
attackerman.firedoglake.com - 2/27/2009
The Beginning of the End? Obama, Gates Outline Iraq Drawdown
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Update : In a conference call with reporters immediately after President Obama's Iraq-withdrawal speech , Defense Secretary Bob Gates said that the withdrawal plan has the support of key military leaders. "I'm obviously very supportive of the decision the president has made, as is ...
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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Firedoglake:  If McCain and Petraeus Like Obama’s Iraq Withdrawal Plan, Should We Worry?

Matthew Yglesias:  Obama Moves Decisively to End the War in Iraq

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If McCain and Petraeus Like Obama’s Iraq Withdrawal Plan, Should We Worry?
Firedoglake — ... Attackerman has posted the details already on President Obama's announcement today of his planned timeline for withdrawing troops from Iraq. ...

Obama Moves Decisively to End the War in Iraq
Matthew Yglesias — ... What threw me off initially was that he’d slightly pushed back his already somewhat-murky promise to withdraw “combat forces” to a 19-month schedule rather than a 16-month schedule. That’s a little disappointing, but the precise calendar was always much less important than the question of what happens next. And here the news is extremely good. As Spencer Ackerman writes: ...

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