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January 22, 2009

No Orders Yet on Iraq Withdrawal
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President Obama also met with his national security team. In discussions
on Iraq, Obama did not order a withdrawal of US troops towards his
campaign pledge of pulling out combat forces within sixteen months.
Obama instead says he’ll first weigh concerns from military commanders.
In a statement, Obama said he’s asked military leaders to draw up
additional plans for what he called a “military drawdown.” Obama also
said he’s ordered a review of the occupation of Afghanistan. Obama
campaigned on escalating the US occupation there.



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