U.S. Stretches Out S. Korea Troop Cut Until 2008
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The United States, under pressure  from South Korea, has agreed to stretch over an additional  three years until 2008 the withdrawal of 12,500 American  troops, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
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TOKYO, Dec. 9 -- Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's cabinet agreed on Thursday to extend the deployment of Japan's 600 non-combat troops in Iraq for up to one year, despite condemnation of the mission by more than half of the Japanese public and opposition political parties.
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South Korea's parliament on Friday approved extending the mission of its 3,600 troops in Iraq for another year.
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Japan approved an extension of its troop deployment in Iraq Thursday for up to a year, a decision opposed by most voters, who want to end the nation's riskiest military mission since World War II.
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The national legislature has given Salvadoran President Tony Saca the go ahead to extend troop deployments to Iraq until the end of 2008.
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The United States and South Korea plan to  announce on Wednesday a three-year delay in plans to cut the  number of U.S. troops stationed on the Cold War frontline to  protect the U.S. ally against reclusive communist North Korea.
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The U.S. Defense Department on  Wednesday notified Congress it plans to provide technical and  logistics support for South Korea's reconnaissance and  intelligence operations as it faces a standoff with North Korea  about its nuclear weapons program.
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The United States and South Korea agreed Friday that by 2012 the South Koreans will be responsible for commanding their military in wartime.
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BAGHDAD, Jan. 30 -- Senior U.S. military commanders here say they want to freeze troop reductions starting this summer for at least a month, making it more likely that the next administration will inherit as many troops in Iraq as there were before President Bush announced a "surge" of forces a year...
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and a senior U.S. commander said yesterday that they favor a protracted U.S. troop presence in Iraq along the lines of the military stabilization force in South Korea.
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Remains believed to be those of U.S. soldiers have been recovered in North Korea and will be returned home this week a half century after the 1950-53 Korean War ended, the U.S. military said Thursday.
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The bipartisan Iraq Study Group plans to recommend withdrawing nearly all U.S. combat units from Iraq by early 2008 while leaving behind troops to train, advise and support the Iraqis, setting the first goal for a major drawdown of U.S. forces, sources familiar with the proposal said yesterday.
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SEOUL, South Korea - The United States will withdraw 12,500 troops from South Korea by 2008, delaying its original plan to redeploy the troops by the end of next year, the South Korean Defense Ministry said Wednesday.    In a statement, the ministry said the U.S...
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WASHINGTON  - The United States promised South Korea on Friday any North Korean use of weapons of mass destruction after a planned U.S. troop pullout from the South "would have the gravest consequences."
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The United States and South Korea plan to announce on Wednesday a three-year delay in plans to cut the number of U.S. troops stationed on the Cold War frontline to protect the U.S. ally against reclusive communist North Korea.
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The United States and South Korea failed to hammer out a deal over a timetable for the planned reduction of US troops here, with Seoul asking for the cut to be delayed, officials said.
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SEOUL - The United States has agreed to delay its troop withdrawal from South Korea and will leave missiles and attack helicopters in place to deter any attack from the North, the allies said yesterday.