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Iraq Exit Strategy

Benchmarks, timetables, a deadlocked Congress, and an unwavering president. Will the US ever withdraw?

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July 2008
- Mac: Maliki's 'Pretty Good Timetable' Beats Obama's
  
  newser | Talking Points Memo | 1 hour, 50 minutes ago
  
  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 prime minister’s “is based on conditions on the ground and Obama's isn't—even though they're both 16 months.” More »
- Bush Hand: Maliki Nod 'Incredibly Damaging' to Mac
  
  newser | Politico | 3 hours, 3 minutes ago
  
  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], because it neutralized one of [Obama’s] biggest liabilities." More »
- Maliki Pegs Obama as the Most Pliant: Krauthammer
  
  newser | Washington Post | 10 hours, 3 minutes ago
  
  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 and John McCain, "it is no mystery who would be the more pliant US negotiator." More »
- Obama Appears Cocky, Presidential
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 23, 08 12:19 PM CDT
  
  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 Petraeus. But there is also an element of arrogance in the trip. More »
- Best Iraq Policy Would Mix Mac, Obama Plans
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 23, 08 10:08 AM CDT
  
  John McCain was right about the surge, so it’s natural he’s eager to talk about it. But thanks to that very success, Barack Obama finds himself, by luck or cunning, positioned perfectly, Thomas Friedman writes in the New York Times . As security improves, Iraqis want Americans to leave. If they don’t, Iraq will coalesce into a unified nation—unified against the US. More »
- In Jordan, Obama Urges Iraq-to-Afghanistan Shift
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 22, 08 11:29 AM CDT
  
  Barack Obama said today that, with improved security in Iraq, the US should turn its attention to Afghanistan. “There is security progress, but now we need a political solution” in Iraq, Obama said in Amman, Jordan—in his first news conference abroad, the AP reports. Afghanistan, the “central front in the war against terrorism,” is in “a deteriorating situation." More »
- Obama Beefs Up Foreign Policy Cred in Iraq
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 22, 08 8:30 AM CDT
  
  Presidential candidate Barack Obama's weeklong tour of seven countries has so far been fruitful, politically agile, and especially lucky, reports the New York Times . The Illinois senator's withdrawal plan received a timely endorsement from Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki, coinciding with President Bush's embrace of a "time horizon" for pulling troops out of the war-torn country. More »
- Iraq Sands Shifting Under McCain Position
  
  newser | Politico | Jul 21, 08 1:40 PM CDT
  
  Republican presidential candidate John McCain is stuck in an awkward position after both President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki moved closer to a withdrawal timetable favored by Barack Obama, Politico notes. McCain has opposed such a measure, but in 2004 asserted that if a sovereign Iraqi government asked US troops to leave, the American government should comply. More »
- Maliki Uses US Politics to Gain Iraqi Leverage
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 21, 08 10:54 AM CDT
  
  The Iraqi PM’s endorsement of Barack Obama’s withdrawal timetable Saturday (walked back somewhat under pressure) was a calculated maneuver by a man who has figured out how to play US politics for his country's gain, Robert Reid writes for the AP. Nouri al-Maliki started using it as leverage when negotiations over the long-term US role in Iraq bogged down last month, and he sensed White House desperation to get a deal before the campaign swings into high gear. More »
- Obama, Maliki Want US Troops Out of Iraq by 2010
  
  newser | Washington Post | Jul 21, 08 10:02 AM CDT
  
  Barack Obama spent nearly an hour today meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the Washington Post reports, before meeting with President Jalal Talabani. Though the Democrat gave few details—“We had a very constructive discussion,” was all Obama would say—an Iraqi official said the government shares Obama’s goal of withdrawing troops by 2010, without setting specific dates. More »
- Maliki Backs Obama Iraq Plan
  
  newser | Der Spiegel | Jul 19, 08 3:36 PM CDT
  
  While shying away from a presidential endorsement, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki expressed support for Barack Obama’s 16-month timeline for withdrawal of American troops from Iraq, Der Spiegel reports. He expressed frustration at his country’s lack of control over US forces and said they should leave "as soon as possible, as far as we are concerned." More »
- US, Iraq Agree to Set 'Time Horizon' for Troop Cuts
  
  newser | Reuters | Jul 18, 08 1:55 PM CDT
  
  George Bush and Nouri al-Maliki have agreed that a security pact should include a general, non-binding “time horizon” for troop withdrawals from Iraq, the White House said today. The leaders agreed to lay down “aspirational goals” based on improving ground conditions, Reuters reports, striking a compromise between the prime minister’s recent calls for a timetable and President Bush’s aversion to hard deadlines. More »
- Iraq Backs Barack, Despite Pullout Fears
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 17, 08 3:41 AM CDT
  
  Barack Obama is widely popular in Iraq, despite deep concerns about his plans to withdraw American troops, reports the New York Times . Iraqis around the country expressed admiration for Obama and believe he would be a major improvement over President Bush—but also worry that his proposed 16-month withdrawal timetable could reverse hard-fought security gains. More »
- McCain Camp Likens Obama —to Bush?
  
  newser | Huffington Post | Jul 16, 08 6:22 PM CDT
  
  The McCain camp borrowed a page from its rivals today with a new tack on Barack Obama: He looks a whole lot like George W. Bush. McCain's national security adviser took Obama to task for the rigidity of his Iraq strategy, the Huffington Post reports. "I think the American people have had enough of stubbornness and inflexibility in national security policy,” said Randy Scheunemann. More »
- 'Foolish Consistency' Mars Obama Iraq Plan
  
  newser | Washington Post | Jul 16, 08 4:45 PM CDT
  
  The editors of the Washington Post are rankled that Barack Obama has the same position on exiting Iraq now—“with bloodshed at its lowest level since the war began”—as he did a year ago, “at the war’s peak.” His "iron timetable" of a 16-month withdrawal, seemingly "indifferent to the war's outcome," is short-sighted and does not serve America's interests. More »
- Voters Split on Candidates' Iraq Stances: Poll
  
  newser | Washington Post | Jul 15, 08 10:00 AM CDT
  
  Barack Obama and John McCain have battled each other to a draw when it comes to Iraq, according to a new Washington Post -ABC News poll. Americans are split more or less down the middle on Iraq policy, with 50% supporting Obama’s withdrawal timetable and 49% backing McCain’s open-ended approach. In general, 47% trust McCain to handle Iraq, while 45% trust Obama. More »
- Obama: Swift End to Iraq War Will Strengthen Security
  
  newser | Politico | Jul 15, 08 8:39 AM CDT
  
  Barack Obama will promise a swift end to the Iraq war in a major speech today, arguing that the ongoing conflict “distracts us from every threat that we face,” according to excerpts obtained by Politico. As president, Obama would take the fight to al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan. “The central front in the war on terror is not Iraq,” he says, “and it never was.” More »
- Hold Those Horses: Obama Is Unchanged on Iraq
  
  newser | New Republic | Jul 14, 08 3:44 PM CDT
  
  Barack Obama is the same man on Iraq he was 6 months ago and 2 years ago, the New Republic editors say—so how come the press keeps saying he’s gutted his own policy? Sure, Obama recently “shifted the accent in his Iraq talk,” but talking with the commanders before definitive action has always been part of his careful “fine print”—and the press, once again, is just vilifying nuance. More »
- New McCain Attack: Obama Wants to Lose War
  
  newser | Talking Points Memo | Jul 14, 08 1:57 PM CDT
  
  John McCain’s inner circle tried a new line of attack against Barack Obama today, charging that the presumptive Democratic nominee and his entire party want to lose the Iraq war to serve their own political purposes. Said McCain’s top foreign policy hand, “Senator Obama seems to think losing a war will help him to win an election.” More »
- Obama Stands By Plan for 16-Month Drawdown in Iraq
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 14, 08 7:42 AM CDT
  
  Calling Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki's demand for a timetable for US withdrawal an "enormous opportunity," Barack Obama lays out his plan for ending the war in Iraq in a New York Times op-ed piece. The presumptive Democratic nominee reiterates his support for a careful withdrawal over 16 months, leaving behind a "residual force" which would perform limited missions. "The good news is that Iraq’s leaders want to take responsibility for their country by negotiating a timetable for the removal of American troops," he writes. More »

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Pfc. Anthony Salazar, 22, from Victorville, Calif.stands guard as soldiers from B Company, 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 1st Infantry Division search for a weapons cache in the Jihad... (Associated Press)

Ltc. Patrick Frank, right, commander of 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 1st Infantry Division and his soldiers react to one of several house fires in the Bayaa neighborhood of Baghdad,... (Associated Press)

Pfc. Anthony Salazar, 22, from Victorville, Calif.stands guard as soldiers from B Company, 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 1st Infantry Division search for a weapons cache in the Jihad... (Associated Press)

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