Article: 2nd LD: Top U.S. commander in Iraq calls for 45-day pause in troop drawdown

Article: 3rd LD: Top U.S. commander in Iraq calls for 45-day ...
Xinhua News Agency;  April 8, 2008 ;     467 words ... ... Top U.S. commander in Iraq calls for 45-day pause in troop drawdown WASHINGTON, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Top U.S ... to keep to make necessary a period of pause in troop drawdown. He said the recent violence in Iraq shows that ...

Article: SEN. BAYH: NEXT IRAQ NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE SHOULD ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 13, 2008 ;     498 words ... ... 2007 NIE did not look at realistic troop drawdown proposals and did not adequately inform ... intelligence officials that a U.S. troop drawdown, by itself, was unlikely to harm ... Committee hearing opined that a U.S. troop drawdown was unlikely to significantly affect ...

Article: Top U.S. commander in Iraq to call for pause in troop ...
Xinhua News Agency;  April 7, 2008 ;     449 words ... ... Top U.S. commander in Iraq to call for pause in troop "drawdown" WASHINGTON, April 7 (Xinhua) -- The top U ... not just because Petraeus will recommend pause in troop drawdown, it's also because that despite security gains ...

Article: Troop Drawdown Resumes With Army Unit
AP Online;  March 4, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Army paratrooper unit that led the U.S. troop surge into Baghdad last year is returning home, marking a resumption of a troop drawdown that will test the durability of recent security gains. The drawdown began last December with the departure of one brigade ...

Article: Troop Drawdown in Iraq a Delicate Balance
AP Online;  March 7, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... s Central Command, was flying to Afghanistan after a two-day visit to Iraq. He is supposed to discuss the potential troop drawdown this week with President Bush and Gen. George Casey, the top commander in Iraq. Abizaid and Casey are expected to help ...

Article: Iraq troop drawdown a delicate balance for U.S. ...
AP Worldstream;  March 8, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... s Central Command, was flying to Afghanistan after a two-day visit to Iraq. He is supposed to discuss the potential troop drawdown this week with President George W. Bush and Gen. George Casey, the top commander in Iraq. Abizaid and Casey are expected ...

Article: Gates Says Troop Drawdown Possible
AP Online;  August 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... s activities in Iraq. "It's a possibility," Gates hedged, when asked in broadcast interviews if he considered a troop drawdown this year a "strong possibility" or would bet on it. He explained that Gen. David Petraeus, the top American commander ...