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huffingtonpost.com - 2/24/2009
US Troops To Leave Iraq By August 2010: Officials
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WASHINGTON — The United States will withdraw most of its troops from Iraq by August 2010, 19 months after President Barack Obama's inauguration day, according to administration officials who expect Obama to make the announcement this week. The withdrawal plan would fulfill one of ...
news.yahoo.com - 2/24/2009
Officials: US out of Iraq in 19 months (AP)
— news.yahoo.com — AP - The United States will withdraw most of its troops from Iraq by August 2010, 19... months after President Barack Obama's inauguration day, according to administration officials who expect Obama to make the announcement this week. (more) Officials: US out of Iraq in 19 months (AP)

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Obama’s Iraq Plan Has December Elections as Turning Point for Pullout
nytimes.com - 2/26/2009
Obama’s Iraq Plan Has December Elections as Turning Point for Pullout
— nytimes.com — The plan would maintain relatively high troop levels through Iraq’s parliamentary elections, to be held in December,... before beginning to meet the August 2010 target for removing combat forces. > (more) Obama’s Iraq Plan Has December Elections as Turning ...

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Iraq doesn't have to last forever
books.foreignpolicy.com - 2/23/2009
Iraq doesn't have to last forever
— books.foreignpolicy.com — by Marc Lynch The Gamble is perhaps the best of the rapidly proliferating crop of "Iraq surge"... books. While it shares the generally admiring tone for the architects of the surge common in such books, it maintains the critical ... (more) Iraq doesn't have to last forever

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Swampland:  Yes We Can...Leave Iraq

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Yes We Can...Leave Iraq
Swampland — ... AP is reporting that the Obama Administration will opt for a 19-month timetable for leaving Iraq. I'm told that the President will give a speech on Friday. The withdrawal will still leave 30-50,000 U.S. troops in place to continue training the Iraqi military and for special ops. There will, no doubt, be carping from the right--and perhaps some from the left, given the size of the residual force--but the situation in Iraq has improved and a fairly rapid draw-down is not only practicable but necessary. The Army and Marines remain over-deployed, there are budgetary considerations ...

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