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Article: Bush administration offers few details on post-war Iraq efforts.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- March 4, 2003
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Byline: Tim Johnson
WASHINGTON _ With a decision about war perhaps only days off, the Bush administration has yet to spell out much of a vision of what would happen once war in Iraq ended, saying only that U.S. troops would liberate the nation but not linger.
Many details remain hidden from the public eye, and even from Congress. How long might U.S. forces remain in Iraq? Who would run an interim government? How big a bill will be slapped on U.S. taxpayers?
A key Pentagon planner, one of a core group of Bush administration hawks who are pushing for the removal of Saddam Hussein, reiterated Tuesday that U.S. forces wouldn't get mired in Iraq.
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