Mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles sit in a row on the Camp Liberty, Iraq, fielding site, Feb. 20, 2009. The day marked the introduction of the 10,000th vehicle into Iraq. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Christopher Gaylord Analysis: Even Military Split Over Iraq Pullout -- Yahoo News/AP
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama faces split opinions within the military on whether to make the speedy withdrawal from Iraq he championed on the campaign trail.
Obama's top generals in Baghdad are pressing for an elongated timetable, while some influential senior advisers inside the Pentagon are more amenable to a quicker pullout.
Although Obama has yet to decide the matter, his announcement last week that he's sending thousands more combat troops to Afghanistan implies a drawdown of at least two brigades from Iraq by summer.
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Obama's top generals in Baghdad are pressing for an elongated timetable, while some influential senior advisers inside the Pentagon are more amenable to a quicker pullout.
Although Obama has yet to decide the matter, his announcement last week that he's sending thousands more combat troops to Afghanistan implies a drawdown of at least two brigades from Iraq by summer.
Read more ....
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Meetings Pave Way for Continued Progress in Iraq -- AFPS
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US soldier guilty of Iraq murder -- BBC
Gunmen kill Iraq election candidate -- Yahoo News/AFP
Sadr renews idea of local alliances with Iraq PM
Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, renamed, reopens -- Reuters
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Army medic guilty in 4 Iraqi deaths -- Chicago Tribune
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