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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Iraq exit strategy

Iraq exit strategy stories: 86 news summaries

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Bush Appeals
for Patience

President reaffirms support for surge timetable as Congress readies for a fight

Jul 10, 07 4:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - George Bush didn't want to be a "war president," he said today, but now that he is, he'll wait for a scheduled September update from the US commander in Iraq before planning "a way forward." Even as calls for policy change multiply, the Times reports, the... More »

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Support for War Drops
to Record Low

CBS/NY Times poll suggests that fewer Americans than ever back the war in Iraq

May 24, 07 3:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Six out of 10 Americans say the US should have stayed out of Iraq, a new CBS News/New York Times poll reports. And an all-time high of 76%—including a majority of Republicans—say the war is going badly. Americans support get-tough measures tying funding to progress, including a timetable... More »

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Iraq • Iraq pullout • Bush approval ratings • troop withdrawal • Iraq war • Iraq exit strategy • George W. Bush

Democrats Move on to Benchmarks

Even some Republicans like them.
But how would they be enforced?

May 3, 07 11:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Congressional Dems have dropped their demands for a timeline to bring home troops, after the House failed yesterday to override a Bush veto on their Iraq spending bill. Now the buzzword is benchmarks, and even some Republicans are signaling that they could get on board. But what, if any, muscle... More »

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House Passes Pullout Bill

Petraeus briefing doesn't dissuade Dems; Senate votes today

Apr 26, 07 6:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Just hours after Gen. David Petraeus told lawmakers he needed more time to gage the success of the surge in Iraq, the House passed the funding bill requiring troops to begin withdrawing in October. President Bush has promised to veto the bill, which Majority Whip James Clyburn nonetheless called an... More »

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Iraq • Democratic Congress • Iraq pullout • David Petraeus • troop withdrawal • Jim Clyburn • Iraq exit strategy

(Newser) - With Congress and the president now officially at war over Iraq, all parties scrambled yesterday to gear up for the coming firefight. The President promised to veto the spending bill with troop withdrawal deadlines attached, seeming to relish the fight ahead. Tthe newly aggressive and unified Democrats, notes the New ... More »

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Iraq • Congress • military • Democrats • Republican • war • Iraq war • Iraq exit strategy • Iraq war spending • George W. Bush

Pentagon Exit Strategy Relies on Advisers

Hopes for surge waning, DoD plans to replace troops with teams of advisers

Mar 12, 07 11:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pentagon top brass preparing an exit strategy for Iraq should the troop surge fail are following the outlines set by the Iraq Study Group, using a small team of military advisers to replace troops as they stand down. It mirrors the strategy the military used in El Salvador in the... More »

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Iraq • Pentagon • troop surge • troop withdrawal • Iraq Study Group • General John Abizaid • Iraq exit strategy

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