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Reduction in U.S. Troops Eyed for '04; Gradual Exit Strategy Tied to Iraq's Stability
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The Washington Post
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October 19, 2003
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- Thomas E. Ricks Washington Post Staff Writer
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Thomas E. Ricks Washington Post Staff Writer
The Washington Post
10-19-2003
Reduction in U.S. Troops Eyed for '04; Gradual Exit Strategy Tied to Iraq's
Stability
Byline: Thomas E. Ricks Washington Post Staff Writer
Edition: FINAL
Section: A Section
U.S. military commanders have developed a plan to steadily cut back troop
levels in Iraq next year, several senior Army officers said in recent interviews.
There are now 130,000 U.S. troops in Iraq. The plan to cut that number
is well advanced and has been described in broad outline to Defense Secretary
Donald H. Rumsfeld but has not yet been approved by him. It would begin
to draw down forces next spring, cutting the number of troops to fewer
than ...