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Article: MILITARY PRESENCE U.S. unlikely to set up bases for good
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- April 22, 2003
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WAR IN IRAQ I
MILITARY PRESENCE
U.S. unlikely to set up bases for good, Rumsfeld says
Washington Post
Tuesday, April 22, 2003
Washington -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Monday
that the United States is unlikely to seek any permanent or "long-
term" bases in Iraq because U.S. basing arrangements with other
countries in the region are sufficient.
While stressing that discussion of future U.S. military ties with
Iraq is premature in the absence of a new Iraqi government, Rumsfeld
appeared intent Monday on knocking down the idea of an indefinite
U.S. military presence in Iraq. A newspaper report over the weekend
suggested that among the options the administration is considering is ...