Troop cut expected after Iraq report
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A conservative Republican senator said Sunday most lawmakers believe President Bush will focus on reducing U.S. troops in Iraq once a top general reports in September on the war's progress.
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The White House on Saturday played down a newspaper report that the Bush administration was weighing a scenario for possibly sharp cuts in U.S. troop levels in Iraq next year.
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President Bush is expected to announce plans to withdraw roughly 30,000 U.S. troops from Iraq by next summer, following a recommendation by the top American commander there, a senior administration official said Tuesday.
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The independent panel studying U.S. policy in Iraq has unanimously agreed to a report that will call for a gradual pullback of American combat troops in Iraq but stops short of setting a firm timetable for withdrawal, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will announce on Wednesday that thousands of his country's troops are to begin withdrawing from Iraq in weeks, media reports said.
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President Bush will tell the nation this week he plans to reduce the American troop presence in Iraq by about 30,000 by next summer
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The number of U.S. troops in Iraq could fall to about 130,000 by next summer, the total before this year's build-up, but it is too early to say when it may go lower, the top U.S. general in Iraq said on Monday.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair was to announce Wednesday a timetable for the withdrawal of the 7,100 British troops in Iraq, with nearly half returning by the end of the year.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair was to announce on Wednesday that his country will begin withdrawing thousands of troops from Iraq within weeks, according to media reports.Comment
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The top US commander in Iraq considers cutting troop numbers by about 4,000, media reports say.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair announced Wednesday Britain's first large-scale cut of troops numbers in Iraq, with nearly a quarter set to return home within months.
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One day after President Bush announced a limited drawdown of U.S. troops from Iraq by next summer, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said yesterday that it might be possible to reduce U.S. forces there further over the course of next year, down to approximately 100,000 troops by the end of 2008.
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WASHINGTON -- Buoyed by a higher turnout and less violence than expected in Sunday's Iraqi election, Pentagon authorities have decided to start reducing the level of US forces in Iraq next month by about 15,000 troops, down to about 135,000, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said yesterday.
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Britain said Monday it expects to withdraw thousands of its 7,000 military personnel from Iraq by the end of next year, while Poland and Italy announced the impending withdrawal of their remaining troops.
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The U.S. military commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, has suggested he will recommend a cut in U.S. troop numbers around March when he delivers long-awaited testimony to Congress next week.
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The top U.S. general in Iraq on Monday recommended cutting American troops by about 30,000 by next summer, ending the so-called surge of forces but not fundamentally changing strategy in the unpopular war.
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Thousands of British soldiers will leave Iraq over the next year, significantly downgrading the country's commitment in the region, the defense secretary said Monday. Poland and Italy also announced the impending withdrawal of their remaining troops.