Photo: U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Troy Mozingo from 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division conducts a convoy briefing, prior to departing from Forward Operating Base Loyalty, Beladiyat, in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, on Jan. 8, 2009. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. James Selesnick, U.S. Army. (Released)From The International Herald Tribune:
WASHINGTON: Military commanders are drawing up plans for a faster withdrawal of American troops from Iraq in anticipation that President-elect Barack Obama will reject current proposals as too slow, Pentagon and military officials said Wednesday.
The new plans would provide alternatives to a timetable drawn up by the top American commanders for Iraq to bring troops home more slowly than Obama promised during his presidential campaign. Those plans were described to Obama last month.
The officials said Obama had not requested the new plans, but that they were being prepared in response to public statements from the president-elect and on the basis of conversations between military officials and members of Obama's transition team.
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My Comment: I would love to know how this story was leaked to the New York Times. It appears that someone is trying to cozy up to the new administration.