Rumsfeld: Troops may exit Iraq within 4 years
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Kuwait City -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld expressed hope Monday, but did not explicitly predict, that American troops would be out of Iraq by the end of President Bush&#39;s second term.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi security forces will need another year to 18 months before they can take over from American troops, the top US commander in Iraq, General George W. Casey Jr., said yesterday.
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Defense secretary hopes US troops will be out of Iraq by Bush&#39;s term&#39;s end. He also wants to stick around to revamp the US military.
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To ease the Army's burden, Gates said Friday he hopes 10 brigades could leave Iraq by the end of 2008.
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The Army will not shorten combat tours in Iraq next year from 12 months to six or nine months, as some had hoped, because that would undermine the war effort, the Army's top general said Tuesday.
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Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld  may visit China this year, his first trip to Beijing in four  years in the post, a Chinese newspaper on Tuesday quoted a  Defense Ministry official as saying.
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KUWAIT Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Monday that he expected American troops to withdraw from Iraq within four years but cautioned that any final decision would hinge on the progress that Iraq&#39;s civilian government and security forces made by
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Four months after announcing troop cuts in Iraq, President Bush is now sending signals that the reductions may not continue past this summer.
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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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US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said yesterday the number of troops in Iraq could be cut after the January elections in that country.
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AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq - The United States may be able to reduce its troop levels in Iraq after this country's January elections if security improves and local forces continue to expand and become more effective, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld says...
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Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said yesterday the United States could begin to withdraw some troops from Iraq beginning early next year, if newly trained Iraqi security forces can shoulder more of the burden.
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BAGHDAD -- Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, with only days left in office, returned to Washington last night from a surprise farewell visit to US troops in Iraq this weekend, in which he told them the consequences of the war's failure would be "unacceptable."
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The No. 2 U.S. commander in Iraq said Tuesday that the next three to four months will be crucial in determining whether the United States can start to withdraw troops from Iraq without sacrificing security gains since the troop buildup began early this year.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld expressed hope Monday, but did not explicitly predict, that American troops would be out of Iraq by the end of President Bush&#39;s second term.
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A U.S. commander in Iraq believes it would not be possible to withdraw troops from his region south and east of Baghdad by year's end. Army Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch said a pullout would be a "giant step backward."
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WASHINGTON - Iraq does not have to be perfectly peaceful before the United States can withdraw its troops, US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Friday.