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Iraq exit strategy stories: 86 news summaries

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 Iraq OKs US Troops
 for 3 More Years  

Pact gives Iraqis more oversight over American presence

Nov 27, 08 8:14 AM CST
(AP) - Iraq's parliament today passed a security pact with the US that lets American troops stay in the country for 3 more years. The ruling coalition's Shiite and Kurdish blocs as well as the largest Sunni Arab bloc backed the "yes" vote, the AP reports. The parliament speaker said an... More »

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Iraq • Middle East • Iraqi Parliament • US troops • soldier • Muqtada al-Sadr • Iraq exit strategy • security pact

OPINION

Want to Save Detroit?
End the Iraq War

People are dying, and more importantly, money is being lost

Nov 26, 08 11:30 AM CST
(Newser) - You don’t hear much about the Iraq war these days, though the US death toll hit 4,205 on Monday. If human life isn't a convincing enough reason to bow out, writes Roger Simon in Politico, then here's one that "really is upsetting people these days: money."... More »

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Iraq • auto industry • Big Three • budget cuts • bailout • Iraq exit strategy

Iraq Parliament Delays Vote on US Security Pact

Political bargaining forces postponement to tomorrow

Nov 26, 08 10:42 AM CST
(AP) - Intense dealmaking among Iraq's political factions has delayed until tomorrow a parliamentary vote on the security pact that would allow American forces to stay in the country through 2011. The Shiite-led government is struggling to meet the demands of political blocs, including a large group of Sunni Arab lawmakers, seeking... More »

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Iraq • Shiite • Iraqi Parliament • US military • Sunnis • vote • Iraq exit strategy • security pact

Maliki, US
Reach Deal
on Troops

Breakthrough sets stage for vote to have Americans out in 2011

Nov 15, 08 1:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Nouri al-Maliki has thrown his support behind the latest version of a proposed US-Iraqi security pact and will urge his Cabinet members to do the same, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Iraqi prime minister’s support represents a huge step in the contentious negotiations to replace an expiring UN... More »

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Nouri al-Maliki • Iraq exit strategy • Status of Forces Agreement • security pact

Britain Will Resist US Calls
for Afghan Buildup

Army stretched too thin, top commander says

Nov 10, 08 12:31 PM CST
(Newser) - Britain should oppose any calls from President Obama to shift troops to Afghanistan as they are pulled out of Iraq, the country's defense chief says, arguing that UK troops need a breather. “I have said for a very long time that the British armed forces are stretched,” Sir... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • David Miliband • British troops • Britain • troop levels • Iraq exit strategy • NATO troops • President Obama • Jock Stirrup

 Al-Sadr Decries US Pact at Rally

Tens of thousands gather in protest

Oct 18, 08 10:51 AM CDT
(AP) - Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr today called on Iraq's parliament to reject a US-Iraqi security pact as tens of thousands of his followers rallied in Baghdad against the deal. "The Iraqi government has abandoned its duty before God and its people," Sadr said through a spokesman. "I am... More »

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Iraq • Muqtada al-Sadr • Iraq exit strategy • Status of Forces Agreement

OPINION

Dear Iraq: It's Time to Step Up. Sincerely, W

'Financial 9/11' calls for nation-building—at home, says Friedman

Sep 24, 08 8:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - As America faces "a financial 9/11," what does the $1 trillion bailout mean for the country's other huge expense—the war in Iraq? Thomas L. Friedman plays ventriloquist in the New York Times, imagining President Bush telling Iraqi leaders that "you are now going to have to... More »

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Iraq • recession • credit market • Thomas Friedman • bailout • Iraq exit strategy • George W. Bush

GLOSSIES

For McCain, Winning Is War's Only Honorable End

US must defend honor, even preemptively; Iraq offers chance to make up for Vietnam

Sep 10, 08 2:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain’s views on war and defending the US were shaped by his Navy father and by his own time in Vietnam, Jeffrey Goldberg writes in the Atlantic, with victory as the only honorable outcome. His father believed public sentiment led to defeat in Vietnam even as a winning... More »

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Iraq • John McCain • Vietnam • Vietnam War • Henry Kissinger • McCain 2008 • Iraq exit strategy

Bush Advised
to Delay Troop Cuts in Iraq

He may also leave
any Afghan buildup
to his successor

Sep 5, 08 10:47 AM CDT
(AP) - President Bush's top defense advisers have recommended he maintain 15 combat brigades in Iraq until the end of the year—contrary to expectations that the improved security in Iraq would allow for quicker cuts, the AP has learned. If Bush follows the recommendations, he would delay any additional buildup in... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • David Petraeus • Department of Defense • Iraq exit strategy • George W. Bush

Pentagon May Prevent Petraeus From Testifying

General's views may not gel with brass' assessment

Sep 4, 08 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - When David Petraeus next comes to Washington, he won’t be speaking on Capitol Hill, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Pentagon officials have denied requests for more hearings with the Iraq commander because they’re not sure they’ll agree with his recommendations. Petraeus has been criticized for being too... More »

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Afghanistan • Pentagon • David Petraeus • US military • troop withdrawal • Department of Defense • US Central Command • Iraq exit strategy

ANALYSIS

Maturing Iraqi Army Enabled US Troop Deal

2011 withdrawal probable thanks to tougher local forces

Aug 22, 08 10:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US's preliminary agreement with Iraq to withdraw most combat troops by 2011 would have been unthinkable even a few months ago. Declining levels of violence, a ceasefire with the Mahdi Army, and the about-face of Sunni leaders have all helped, the Wall Street Journal reports, but for the administration,... More »

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Iraq • Mahdi Army • troop withdrawal • Iraq Army • Diyala Province • Iraq war • Iraq exit strategy

Rice Arrives in Baghdad for Troop Deal Talks

In surprise visit, secretary seeks new mandate for US military

Aug 21, 08 6:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice has arrived in Iraq on an unannounced trip, where she will meet with PM Nouri al-Maliki and other top officials to continue talks to keep American troops in the country after their UN mandate expires. While sources in both the US and Iraq have said that an agreement... More »

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Iraq • Nouri al-Maliki • Condoleezza Rice • timetable • UN mandate • troop levels • Iraq exit strategy

Sadr Offers to Trade Militia for Set Timetable

Already disbanding Mahdi Army, cleric wants firm US deal

Aug 8, 08 1:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered most of his Mahdi Army to disband today, and offered to completely dismantle it once the US agrees to a withdrawal timetable, Time reports. “The main reason for the armed resistance is the American military presence,” said a Sadr spokesman. “If the... More »

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Mahdi Army • timetable • ceasefire • Muqtada al-Sadr • Iraq exit strategy • Momahidoun

OPINION

Kissinger Outlines Endgame for Iraq—Without Deadlines

Foes may lie low to re-emerge, he says

Jul 31, 08 3:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Henry Kissinger outlines his vision for the endgame in Iraq in a piece in the Washington Post, arguing that recent progress makes redeployment of US troops feasible, but "establishing a deadline is the surest way to undermine the hopeful prospects." A fixed deadline would encourage both al-Qaeda... More »

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Iraq • military strategy • troop withdrawal • Henry Kissinger • Iraq exit strategy

 US, Iraq Inch Closer to Pact

'Time horizon' greases wheels in negotiation

Jul 30, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Bush administration has made serious strides in its efforts to forge a security pact with Iraq, the Wall Street Journal reports. Just a month ago Nouri al-Maliki said talks had hit a “dead end,” but now that Bush has agreed to set up a flexible withdrawal... More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • timetable • Iraq security • Iraq exit strategy • Status of Forces Agreement • time horizon • 'general time horizon'

opinion

Mac: Maliki's 'Pretty Good Timetable' Beats Obama's

Blogosphere up in arms at candidate's parsing of Iraq plans—both for 16 months

Jul 25, 08 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - In an interview with CNN today, John McCain called Nouri al-Maliki’s troop withdrawal plan a “pretty good timetable”—leading Josh Marshall, on Talking Points Memo, to call foul. So “Barack Obama's 16 month timetable is a catastrophe,” Marshall says, the difference being that the Iraqi... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Nouri al-Maliki • troop withdrawal • timetable • Iraq exit strategy

Bush Hand: Maliki Nod 'Incredibly Damaging' to Mac

Iraqi PM's virtual endorsement of Obama plan may be 'game-changing event'

Jul 25, 08 3:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush’s former communications director is decidedly off GOP message in a new interview, Politico reports, with Dan Bartlett, now in the private sector, saying, “Time will tell, but the al-Maliki comments about a timetable is very close to a game-changing event. That was incredibly damaging [to McCain],... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Nouri al-Maliki • Dan Bartlett • troop withdrawal • timetable • Iraq exit strategy • George W. Bush

OPINION

Maliki Pegs Obama as the Most Pliant: Krauthammer

Iraq PM thinks Dem can be manipulated, writes Krauthammer

Jul 25, 08 8:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nouri al-Maliki's endorsement of Barack Obama's timetable for withdrawal from Iraq this week was "the earliest and most ostentatious absentee ballot of this presidential election," writes Charles Krauthammer. The Washington Post columnist thinks that the Iraqi PM gave Obama an electorial assist for a clear reason: between him... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • John McCain • Nouri al-Maliki • US military • troop withdrawal • timetable • Election 2008 • Iraq exit strategy

OPINION

McCain Jab on War Most 'Scurrilous' in Memory: Klein

Time's Klein can't believe he said Obama would rather lose war than election

Jul 23, 08 3:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain’s latest jab at Barack Obama—“It seems to me that Obama would rather lose a war in order to win a political campaign”–stuns Joe Klein, who writes in Time that the Republican’s Iraq claim is the most “scurrilous statement by a major... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • troop surge • negative campaigning • Iraq exit strategy • media bias

Opinion

 Obama Appears
 Cocky, Presidential 

The media fawns, McCain glowers, but Obama gets raves: Dowd

Jul 23, 08 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - The better Barack Obama’s foreign excursion goes, the more nervous Republicans get,  Maureen Dowd writes in the New York Times. Images of John McCain happily sharing a golf cart with Bush 41 don’t contrast well with images of Obama happily sharing a helicopter with David... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • Israel • John McCain • Jordan • American media • foreign policy • Iraq exit strategy • media bias

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