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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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August 2008
- Deal Would Set Oct. 2010 for US Pullout: Iraqi Official
  
  Associated Press | Aug 7, 08 1:40 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Significant progress has been made on the security agreement being negotiated between Iraq and the US, the AP reports, with two Iraqi officials saying that the deal sets October 2010 as the deadline for a near-complete withdrawal. Legal immunity for troops remains an issue, and contributed to a “very difficult” call yesterday between Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. More »
- Iraqi Troops: 'We're Not Ready to Go It Alone'
  
  New York Times | Aug 6, 08 6:51 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Iraq’s army has taken strides toward independence—but it still needs the help of American forces, say Iraqi troops and officers interviewed by the New York Times . “We are too many years behind other countries. We need the coalition forces until 2015,” said one officer. But American officers are increasingly pushing Iraqi troops to go it alone. More »
- Sadr to Forge Peaceful Corps from Shiite Army
  
  Wall Street Journal | Aug 4, 08 7:51 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Anti-American Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is shifting his political clout away from militancy, and will disarm his Shiite Mahdi Army in favor of non-violent civic and social endeavors, the Wall Street Journal reports. Hoping to increase stability in Iraq, the organization will take on projects involving education, religion, and social justice. More »
July 2008
- Kissinger Outlines Endgame for Iraq—Without Deadlines
  
  Washington Post | 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 and Iran to plan a resurgence, writes the former secretary of state, and it would undermine the necessary diplomacy, which he sees including a regional peace conference. More »
- US, Iraq Inch Closer to Pact
  
  Wall Street Journal | 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 timetable, things are moving much more quickly. Both sides are hopeful that they can hammer out a deal by the administration’s deadline tomorrow. More »
- Obama ISO VP Who Can Govern
  
  Politico | Jul 27, 08 1:09 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama won’t pick a veep based on trying to win a specific region, he said today on Meet the Press . Instead, he’ll focus on “somebody who can help me govern,” Politico reports. The Dem also complimented both Clintons, saying the former first lady “would be on anybody’s short list.” Meanwhile, on This Week John McCain attacked as “political” his opponent’s timeline for withdrawing from Iraq, AP notes. More »
- Mac: Maliki's 'Pretty Good Timetable' Beats Obama's
  
  Talking Points Memo | 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 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
  
  Politico | 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], because it neutralized one of [Obama’s] biggest liabilities." More »
- Maliki Pegs Obama as the Most Pliant: Krauthammer
  
  Washington Post | 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 and John McCain, "it is no mystery who would be the more pliant US negotiator." More »
- Obama Appears Cocky, Presidential
  
  New York Times | 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 Petraeus. But there is also an element of arrogance in the trip. More »
- Best Iraq Policy Would Mix Mac, Obama Plans
  
  New York Times | Jul 23, 08 10:08 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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
  
  Associated Press | Jul 22, 08 11:29 AM CDT
  
  (AP) - 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
  
  New York Times | Jul 22, 08 8:30 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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
  
  Politico | Jul 21, 08 1:40 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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
  
  Associated Press | Jul 21, 08 10:54 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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
  
  Washington Post | Jul 21, 08 10:02 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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 »