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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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WASHINGTON - President Bush's plan to call tens of thousands of U.S. troops home from Europe and Asia could gain him election-year applause from military families, but won't ease the strain on soldiers still battling violent factions in Iraq and Afghanistan...
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair looked  set on Wednesday to outline a timetable for British troops to  start withdrawing from Iraq, with media reports saying 3,000  soldiers could be home by the end of the year.
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The proposal would require that troops spend as much time at home as on their most recent tour overseas before being redeployed.
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America has increased its troop numbers in Iraq to their highest levels since the war ended, it emerged today. Home leave has been delayed for several months for tens of thousands
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Foreign troop levels in Iraq could drop to less than 100,000 by the end of 2008 if Iraq's own forces were ready and security threats had diminished, Iraq's national security adviser said on Wednesday.
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A U.S. troop reduction in northern Iraq could begin as early as January 2008 and would cut in half the U.S. military presence in the region over the following 18 months, the top U.S. commander for the area said today.
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Australia will review its troop deployment to Iraq by the end of this year, the defense ministry said Wednesday, the first time the government has hinted at a possible timeline for eventual withdrawal.
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For the 19,000 soldiers of the Army's 3rd Infantry Division, whose tanks and armored Bradley vehicles led the assault on Baghdad, Iraq, last year, being home for the holidays is a bittersweet prelude to a busy new year.
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The Pentagon is considering delaying the departure of some troops in Iraq and speeding the arrival of others already due to deploy to boost force levels for the January elections, US officials said on Tuesday.
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U.S. military commanders said Friday the troop buildup in Iraq must be maintained until at least next summer and they may need as long as two years to assure parts of the country are stable.
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TONY EASTLEY: A visit to American troops who&#39;ve been stationed in Iraq has not gone according to plan for the US Secretary of Defence, Donald Rumsfeld.
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BAGHDAD -- U.S. military officials here are increasingly envisioning a "post-occupation" troop presence in Iraq that neither maintains current levels nor leads to a complete pullout, but aims for a smaller, longer-term force that would remain in the country for years.
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[World News] Seoul, Oct 6 : The United States will cut one-third of its troops in South Korea in phases by 2008, three years behind schedule, the South Korean defence ministry said Wednesday.
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ZORMAT, Afghanistan  - U.S. troops in east Afghanistan might be eager for their 15-month tour to end but even as they wait they say would have achieved little had they stayed only six months like NATO troops elsewhere.
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Those who are wondering when the United States can draw down its troop levels in Iraq should pay close attention to the details of Iraqi elections set for January 30.
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The House leaders' plan gives Bush the war funding he seeks, but also requires a troop exit by August 2008 - at the latest.