Article: Top U.S. commander in Iraq to call for pause in troop "drawdown"

Article: 3rd LD: Top U.S. commander in Iraq calls for 45-day pause in troop drawdown
Xinhua News Agency;  April 8, 2008 ;     271 words ......U.S. commander in Iraq calls for 45-day pause in troop drawdown WASHINGTON, April...U.S. commander in Iraq David Petraeus on...period of pause in troop drawdown. He said the recent violence in Iraq shows that the progress...

Article: Hill Democrats Unite to Urge Bush to Begin Iraq Pullout [Correction 8/ 15/06]
The Washington Post;  August 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......a unified stance on the Iraq war, top congressional Democrats...seeing public discontent over Iraq as their best chance for...open-ended commitment in Iraq that you have embraced cannot...centrists who have differed over Iraq in the past. The signers...general idea of beginning a troop ...

Article: Troop Drawdown in Iraq a Delicate Balance
AP Online;  March 7, 2006 ;     700+ words ......blast after doing preliminary investigations, in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 7, 2006. At least seven people were reported...Tuesday in scattered bombings, mortar and gun fire in Iraq's beleaguered capital, police said, as Iraq's president failed in a bid to order parliament into...domestic issues: ...

Article: SEN. BAYH: NEXT IRAQ NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE SHOULD ANALYZE IMPACT OF TROOP DRAWDOWN PROPOSALS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 13, 2008 ;     279 words ......look at realistic troop drawdown proposals and did...conversation on Iraq. "I was disappointed...officials that a U.S. troop drawdown, by itself, was...against al Qaeda in Iraq or jeopardize the...tough choices on Iraq's future. Bayh wrote...opined that a U.S. troop ...

Article: Iraq troop drawdown a delicate balance for U.S. Centcom commander
AP Worldstream;  March 8, 2006 ;     700+ words ......to bring some U.S. troops home from Iraq this summer. Abizaid, commander of the...Afghanistan after a two-day visit to Iraq. He is supposed to discuss the potential troop drawdown this week with President George W. Bush...George Casey, the top commander in Iraq. Abizaid and Casey are ...

Article: Bush urged to shift troops; Pentagon officials want forces moved from Iraq to Afghanistan.(Main)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  December 17, 2007 ;     460 words ......violence on the decline in Iraq but on the upswing in Afghanistan...S. military to accelerate a troop drawdown in Iraq and bulk up force levels in...military commitment in both Iraq and Afghanistan as early as...faster drawdown of forces in Iraq than envisioned by the White...

Article: Senate Rejects Democrats' Calls For Iraq Timetable
The Washington Post;  June 23, 2006 ;     700+ words ......handling of the unpopular war in Iraq, rejected two Democratic efforts...nonbinding call on Bush to begin a troop drawdown by December -- fared better...gamble that the situation in Iraq will stabilize, or at least...pace or completion date for a troop drawdown. The Democrats who ...

Article: Next President Will Discover If U.S. Footprint Stabilizes Iraq
The Washington Post;  April 10, 2008 ;     700+ words ......decision to send an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to Iraq last year and that it colors every aspect of his Iraq policy, from negotiations on the security agreement to efforts to forge political compromises in Iraq. But as Petraeus and Crocker suggested in testimony...president will inherit a sizable ...

Article: INTERVIEW: Prof. says troop 'drawdown' marks change in political tide
University Wire;  September 20, 2007 ;     700+ words ......week, Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, and Ryan Crocker, American ambassador to Iraq, testified before Congress on the effect of the troop surge on the current military and political situation in Iraq.Last Thursday, President George Bush announced in a live address that a ...

Article: HOUSE WILL VOTE ON REP. SHAYS PLAN TO DRAWDOWN TROOPS IN IRAQ
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 14, 2007 ;     364 words ......said he supports H.R. 4156, the Orderly and Responsible Iraq Redeployment Appropriations Act, which includes a reasonable timeline for drawdown of troops in Iraq similar to one he proposed earlier this year. The proposal, on which the House will vote today, includes a troop drawdown timeline that ...

Article: U.S. to 'Pause' Troop Drawdown in Iraq
NPR The Bryant Park Project;  February 15, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Project 02-15-2008 U.S. to 'Pause' Troop Drawdown in Iraq Host: ALISON STEWART Time 08:00-...get you caught up on the week in Iraq. (Soundbite of music) STEWART...MARTIN: Two other visitors to Iraq this week, U.S. Attorney General...

Article: REP. HILL ISSUES STATEMENT ON IRAQ
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 10, 2007 ;     344 words ......six-month anniversary of the President's announcement of the troop surge in Iraq. And, this afternoon the President spoke about Iraq amidst the calls for a troop drawdown there. In response, Rep. Baron Hill issued the following...major newspapers announced a shift in President Bush's ...

Article: Why Iraq troop drawdown is likely to stop in July.(USA)
The Christian Science Monitor;  April 7, 2008 ;     700+ words ......WASHINGTON -- The two top US officials in Iraq - Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan...Capitol Hill this week to report on the Iraq war, but expectations are low that US policy...despite security gains of the past year, Iraq is expected to remain in a fragile state...

Article: Seoul to notify US of troop drawdown plan after parliament's approval.
YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea;  November 23, 2005 ;     203 words ......of its planned reduction of troops in Iraq after receiving parliamentary approval...Middle Eastern nation even after the troop drawdown. The two countries' military authorities...extension of its troop deployment to Iraq by another year. US military officials...planned reduction of its military ...