Obama Proposes Pulling U.S. Troops Out of Iraq By End of 2008
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Bloomberg - Sept. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is calling for the U.S. to pull all combat troops out of Iraq by the end of next year, saying there is no military solution to the conflict.
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House Democratic leaders intend to propose legislation requiring the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq by the fall of 2008, and even earlier if the Iraqi government fails to meet security and other goals, congressional officials said Wednesday night.
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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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A top U.S. Senate Democrat said on Sunday his party aims to limit the role of the nearly 140,000 American troops in Iraq and withdraw most of them from the war-torn country within a year.
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Most U.S. troops can be withdrawn safely from Iraq in roughly one year and the Bush administration should begin planning the pullout immediately, according to a study released Wednesday.
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House Democrats are advancing legislation requiring the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq by the fall of next year
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama ridiculed Vice President Dick Cheney on Friday for saying Britain's decision to pull troops from Iraq is a good sign that fits with the strategy for stabilizing the country.
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Defence Secretary Robert Gates hints that the US could withdraw thousands of extra troops from Iraq during 2008.
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"The government hopes that the president will agree to ending Poland's mission in Iraq by October 2008"  Poland's new government formally asked the president Tuesday to approve the country's withdrawal from Iraq by Oct. via The Boston Globe
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Defence Secretary Robert Gates hints that the US could withdraw thousands more troops from Iraq during 2008.
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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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In a highly anticipated report being released Wednesday, the Iraq Study Group will call for a dramatic shift in war policy by urging the Bush administration to set a target of moving most U.S. troops out of their combat roles by early 2008, according to two sources who have seen the executive summary of the report.
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US commander in Iraq to launch new drive to defer any exit of troops until April 2008.
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House Democrats today unveiled a plan for pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq by the end of August 2008, introducing legislation that attaches a complex series of conditions to military spending requested by President Bush.
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Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, who is contemplating a run for the presidency, on Monday called for a "gradual and substantial" reduction of U.S. forces from Iraq that would begin in four to six months.
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Whether the next president is a Democrat or a Republican, it looks like the U.S. troop presence in Iraq is permanent until further notice. In the Democratic presidential debate last night, none of the top three hopefuls would commit to withdrawing all U.S. combat troops from Iraq by the end of the next presidential term in 2013 (which would be the 10th anniversary of the invasion).
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Defence Secretary Robert Gates hints that the US could withdraw thousands of troops from Iraq during 2008.