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U.S., Iraq close to deal on pullout - Conflict in Iraq - MSNBC.com
msnbc.msn.com - 8/21/2008
U.S., Iraq close to deal on pullout - Conflict in Iraq - MSNBC.com
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AP U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, meets with Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, right, helped by a translator, in the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad on Thursday.

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Corrente:  Rice wants our enemies to know "aspirational timetables" for Iraq exit

Boots and Sabers:  Iraq and U.S. Coming Close to Pullout Plan

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Rice wants our enemies to know "aspirational timetables" for Iraq exit
Corrente — In something of an August Surprise that will help McCain, the once-taboo exit timetables are suddenly no big deal. And since they’re just “aspirational,” they probably are no big deal.

Iraq and U.S. Coming Close to Pullout Plan
Boots and Sabers — ... Excellent . Iraq and the U.S. pushed close to a deal Thursday setting a course for American combat troops to pull out of Iraqi cities by next June on the way to broader withdrawal from the long and costly war by 2011. Subject to final approval by the top Iraqi leadership, the exit date for U.S. troops would be December 2011, although the Americans insist on linking that target to additional security and political progress. President Bush has long resisted a timetable for pulling out, even under heavy pressure from a nation distressed by American deaths and discouraged by ...

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