White House Downplays Iraqi Government's Call For Withdrawal Date

[struggle4progress]

Source: AHN

Kris Alingod - AHN News Writer

Washington, D.C. (AHN) - The White House remains committed to reaching an agreement about U.S. military presence in Iraq before the end of July despite a call from Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki for a timetable for troop withdrawal, according to the AFP ...

Read more: http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7011551695

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US still aiming for July security pact with Iraq: White House
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WASHINGTON (AFP) — ...

"We're looking at conditions, not calendars here," <State Department spokesman Gonzalo Gallegos> said ...

"We will not accept any memorandum of understanding if it does not give a specific date for a complete withdrawal of foreign troops," national security advisor Muwaffaq al-Rubaie told reporters in the holy city of Najaf ...

"I have always said we will come home with honor and with victory and not through a set timetable," <Republican hopeful John McCain> said ...

"And however long that takes really will depend on the situation on the ground. But things are going very well at this point," <US Defense Secretary Robert Gates> said ...

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5glQR-bg8Qtyltd9UgFq...

[Az_lefty]

1. we didn't ask for permission to invade Iraq, and we're not going to be told to leave...

[Hydra]

3. Yeah, they haven't signed their oil over to us yet

Bad puppet gov't is not doing what we want them to...what we do about that should be interesting.

[struggle4progress]

2. McCain, Obama at odds over Iraqi withdrawal demand

... "The Iraqis have made it very clear, including the meetings I had with the president and foreign minister of Iraq, that it is based on conditions on the ground," McCain said in an interview with MSNBC ...

The Obama campaign responded by bringing up a comment by McCain from 2004, when he said that if a sovereign Iraqi government asked American forces to quit Iraq, "it's obvious we would have to leave" ...

"John McCain's stubborn refusal to adjust to events on the ground just shows that he has no plan to end this war," <Obama foreign policy advisor Susan Rice> said ...

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5icMg7uJLrzdcOx0lcwi...

[LynnTheDem]

4. Because moving troops out of harm's way in Iraq would put troops in harm's way

back home.

That is the rightwingnut "logic".

[Supersedeas]

5. where is Condi....showing off her latest foot-wear at the G-8?