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  • July 2008

    • McCain Adopts Obama's Afghanistan Position

      newser  |  Huffington Post  |  Jul 15, 08 5:12 PM CDT

      McCain Adopts Obama's Afghanistan Position

      John McCain suddenly switched both schedule and policy today, transforming a speech about jobs into one on Afghanistan, and echoing Barack Obama's argument for sending in new brigades. Obama has long said more troops are needed in Afghanistan, but McCain has repeatedly contended that NATO should pick up the slack, the Huffington Post reports. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Afghanistan  • surge  • flip flop  • Joint Chiefs of Staff  • troop levels

  • April 2008
  • March 2008

    • US to Stall Troop Cuts Over Iraqi Elections

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Mar 1, 08 3:16 PM CST

      US to Stall Troop Cuts Over Iraqi Elections

      US troop cuts in Iraq will stall after July to ensure security for local elections, a Washington official said yesterday. "You can actually increase your own risk if you pull out too many simultaneously," the official said. "This is not a stall tactic." But Baghdad officials nixed plans for the summer ballots this week, highlighting tensions between Baghdad and provincial governments. More »

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      Iraq  • Pentagon  • David Petraeus  • troop surge  • troop levels  • troop reduction

  • February 2008

    • Army to Shorten Combat Tours

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Feb 27, 08 7:40 AM CST

      Army to Shorten Combat Tours

      The Pentagon aims to trim tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan from 15 months to a year with an eventual three years between deployments, the Army's top general told the Senate Committee on Armed Services yesterday. The change will be made after the military reduces troop levels this summer, Reuters reports, and commanders believe it possible even with a pause in the drawdown. More »

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      Iraq  • Afghanistan  • Pentagon  • David Petraeus  • Robert Gates  • Carl Levin  • Senate Armed Services Committee  • troop levels  • Gen. George Casey  • drawdown

    • 8,000 Surge Troops to Stay Put

      newser  |  CNN  |  Feb 26, 08 6:38 AM CST

      8,000 Surge Troops to Stay Put

      More than a quarter of the extra troops sent to Iraq during the surge will stay in the war zone and not return to the US this summer as previously planned, the Pentagon has revealed. Some 8,000 of the 30,000 surge troops—including helicopter crews, supply units, headquarters staff, and military guards for Iraqi prisons—will be ordered to stay behind, leaving the total number of troops in Iraq at 140,000, reports CNN. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • al-Qaeda  • David Petraeus  • troop withdrawal  • surge  • troop levels

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