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Bush to pull out 8,000 troops from Iraq by Feb.
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| Contributor | kal |
| Last Edited | kal Sep 09, 2008 04:10am |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Tuesday, September 9, 2008 10:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | President Bush plans to pull 8,000 more combat and support troops out of Iraq by February, a measured drawdown that will leave nearly the same level of U.S. forces in the war zone for the rest of the year.
Bush's decision, to be delivered in a speech Tuesday, is perhaps his final stamp on the war that has defined his presidency. The scope and pace of the U.S. troop withdrawals are smaller than long anticipated, reflecting a desire by the military and the president not to jeopardize security gains in Iraq.
By the time the troops return home on the timeline Bush is proposing, someone else will be making the wartime decisions from the Oval Office.
There are about 146,000 U.S. troops in Iraq. Bush hinted that more troops could return to the U.S. in the first half of 2009 if conditions improve.
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