Transcript: General: U.S. Accelerating Iraq Withdrawal

MELISSA BLOCK
NPR All Things Considered
09-30-2009
General: U.S. Accelerating Iraq Withdrawal

Host: MELISSA BLOCK
Time 20:00-21:00 PM


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MELISSA BLOCK, host:

Congressional hearings on the war in Iraq used to be top draws in Washington, with packed committee rooms, live media coverage. Well, not so today when General Ray Odierno, the top U.S. general in Iraq, was on Capitol Hill. He testified before the House Armed Services Committee for at least a few members who bothered to show up.

NPR's JJ Sutherland was watching.

JJ SUTHERLAND: General Odierno did have important news to report. He's accelerating the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq, 4,000 of them in October. And that's ...

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