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Tag: Withdrawal

Cartoons: Welcome Home

Ear to the Ground: Obama, Maliki Make It Official

Reports: Mitt Romney’s Big Bad Ideas for the Middle East

Cartoons: Mission ... Accomplished

A/V Booth: President Obama: ‘America’s War in Iraq Will Be Over’ by Year-End

Ear to the Ground: Withdrawal Means Withdrawal

Ear to the Ground: U.S. Troops Begin Departure From Iraq

Ear to the Ground: Monthly U.S. Troop Deaths in Iraq Hit a Two-Year High

A/V Booth: ‘Left, Right & Center’: Troop Timetable, Budget Breakdown, Fed Forecast

Reports: Why Does the War Go On?

Cartoons: Trapped in Afghanistan

Reports: Bad News for a Country Tired of War

Ear to the Ground: Obama Expected to Announce Afghanistan Decision Wednesday

Reports: Spare Us the Propaganda on Afghanistan

Ear to the Ground: ‘Leave the Shooters Until Last,’ Gates Urges

Reports: War Is the New Normal

Ear to the Ground: Karzai Plans for Transfer of Control in 7 Regions

Ear to the Ground: Clinton Warns Taliban

Ear to the Ground: Afghan Police Force on Shaky Ground

Ear to the Ground: Pentagon Calls 2014 Afghanistan Withdrawal ‘Aspirational’

Ear to the Ground: Report: Obama Will Extend Afghanistan Deadline

Reports: Obama and Iraq: ‘Through a Glass, Darkly’

Ear to the Ground: U.S. Gets a Call for Help in Iraq Attack

Reports: Two Wars Don’t Make a Right

Ear to the Ground: Maliki: Iraq Is Now ‘Independent’

A/V Booth: ‘Rebranding’ U.S. Combat Troops in Iraq

Ear to the Ground: General Says Obama’s Plan Helps the Enemy

Ear to the Ground: U.S. Would Resume Iraq Combat Role if Necessary

Ear to the Ground: Contractors Move Into the Gap in Iraq

Ear to the Ground: Petraeus Demurs on Afghan Pullout

Ear to the Ground: Obama: Iraq Drawdown Is ‘on Schedule’

Ear to the Ground: U.K. Ups Aid to Afghanistan

Ear to the Ground: Petraeus Takes Charge

Ear to the Ground: Obama Visits Afghanistan (Update: Video)

Ear to the Ground: Three Bomb Blasts Kill 32 in Baghdad

Ear to the Ground: Dutch to Leave Afghanistan

Reports: War in Afghanistan: Not in Our Name

Ear to the Ground: Iraqi Death Toll Hits 13-Month High in August

Ear to the Ground: U.S. Commander ‘Frustrated’ by Training Pace in Iraq

Ear to the Ground: Psst! We May Never Leave

Ear to the Ground: 54 Die in Post-Withdrawal Bombings

Cartoons: 24-Week News Cycle

Reports: U.S. Troops Leave Iraqi Cities, but Unsettled Issues Remain

Cartoons: The Long Goodbye

Reports: Iraq Has Another One of Its Famous Turning Points

Ear to the Ground: We’ll Always Have Baghdad

Reports: British Government Gives Iraq Story a Final Spin

Ear to the Ground: One If by Land, Two If by Flee

Ear to the Ground: Top U.S. General in Iraq Says U.S. Won’t Be Invited to Stick Around

Ear to the Ground: Clinton Scores a Hit With Talk-Show Diplomacy

Ear to the Ground: Gupta Pulls Plug on Surgeon General Post

Reports: Obama’s Coalition of the Unwilling

Cartoons: Withdrawal 101

Ear to the Ground: Obama Calls Bush About Iraq

A/V Booth: Iraq Withdrawal Lite

Reports: Who’s in Charge—Obama, the Pentagon or Israel?

Reports: The Road Out of Iraq Begins in Vietnam

Ear to the Ground: British Troops to Begin Iraq Withdrawal in May

Ear to the Ground: Love Is a Battlefield

Reports: Not a Team of Rivals at All

Reports: Obama the Realist

Ear to the Ground: Iraqi Parliament Approves Occupation Deal

Ear to the Ground: Anti-War Group Supports U.S.-Iraq Agreement

Reports: Bush’s Follies Will Destroy Obama If He Lets Them

Ear to the Ground: Thousands Protest U.S. Pact

Reports: Why Obama Can Keep Gates

Ear to the Ground: Iraq Cabinet OK’s Occupation Deal

Reports: Populism Arising—but Will It Be the Killer Kind?

Reports: What McCain and Obama Just Don’t Get About Central Asia

Reports: Dennis Kucinich on the Democrats’ Bailout Betrayal

Ear to the Ground: Bush: Under Him, Most Troops Will Stay in Iraq

Ear to the Ground: Russia to Georgia: OK, We’ll Leave. But ...

Ear to the Ground: Maliki Promises to Stand Firm on Sovereignty

Ear to the Ground: ‘Reaper’ Ready to Watch Over Iraq

Reports: It’s the War, Stupid

Reports: Washington’s Overrated ‘Old Hands’

Reports: Refighting the Vietnam War

Ear to the Ground: Der Spiegel or ‘Der Lying’?

Reports: Obama’s Audition

Reports: Bush’s Semantic Withdrawal

Ear to the Ground: Petraeus Shows Obama the Sights

Ear to the Ground: Obama Commits to Afghanistan Escalation

Ear to the Ground: Bush Considering ‘General’ Withdrawal Timetable

Reports: Obama’s Disaster in the Making

Ear to the Ground: Obama: ‘The Central Front in the War on Terror Is Not Iraq’

Ear to the Ground: Occupation Negotiations Hit Snags

Reports: Disorderly or Not, America Should Withdraw

A/V Booth: Obama’s Iraq Flap

Ear to the Ground: Maliki Mulls Troop Pullout

Cartoons: Pull and Pray

Ear to the Ground: Obama Hedges on Withdrawal

Reports: Time for the Iraq Debate to Move On

Cartoons: Problem Solved

Reports: The Lamont Lesson

A/V Booth: McCain’s Memorial Day Message

Ear to the Ground: Bush’s Sacrifice for the Troops

Reports: Mission Impossible

Reports: Sinking Into the Quagmire

Ear to the Ground: Petraeus: ?There Are Risks Beyond Iraq?

Ear to the Ground: Bush Backs Petraeus’ Pause Plan

Reports: Everything His President Wants to Hear

Ear to the Ground: No Exit (Yet)

Reports: A Conscientious Objection

Reports: Whatever Happened to Ending the War?

Reports: Winter Soldier Marches Again

Ear to the Ground: Obama Aide Quits Over Remark About Clinton

Reports: What John McCain Should Know

Ear to the Ground: Gates Ponders Delaying Iraq Drawdown

Reports: Iraq’s Tragic Future

Reports: What They Call ‘Progress’ in Iraq

Reports: The Battleground of New Hampshire

Ear to the Ground: Edwards Lays Out Aggressive Withdrawal Plan

Reports: The Five Iraqs

Reports: A Thanksgiving Reality Check

Ear to the Ground: Violence in Basra Drops 90% After British Withdrawal

Reports: Empty Promises

Ear to the Ground: Supporting the Troops, GOP-Style

Ear to the Ground: AP Keeps Bush in (Fact) Check

Reports: The Illusion of Progress in Iraq

Ear to the Ground: ‘War As We Saw It’ Authors Killed

Ear to the Ground: Bush to Announce Long-Term Troop Cut

Ear to the Ground: Brits Bid Basra Cheerio

Ear to the Ground: British Troops Begin Basra Pullout

Ear to the Ground: Joint Chiefs Chairman Likely to Back Big Cut in Troops

Ear to the Ground: Petraeus to Pitch Troop Reduction Plan

Ear to the Ground: Iran to U.S.:  Get Out of Iraq

Reports: Beyond Disaster

Ear to the Ground: Iraqi Soccer Champ Fears for His Life

Reports: The Withdrawal Follies

Ear to the Ground: Déjà Vu:  Another Iraq Withdrawal Bill Shot Down

Ear to the Ground: Iraqi Leaders Await U.S. Withdrawal

Ear to the Ground: Reid Promises to Force Filibuster on Iraq Withdrawal

Ear to the Ground: House Passes Iraq Withdrawal Bill

Cartoons: McCain’s Mistake

Reports: Resolute on Iraq: To What End?

Reports: Truthdigger of the Week:  Gen. William Odom

Ear to the Ground: Bush Ally Calls for Withdrawal

Reports: Bush Stalls on Inevitable Iraq Withdrawal

Reports: On Iraq, the Candidates are Frozen in Time

Ear to the Ground: Bush Sinks Stem Cell Bill

Truthdig Podcast: The Lose-Lose War

Cartoons: The Big Secret

Ear to the Ground: And the War Goes On

Cartoons: The Fightin’ Dems

Ear to the Ground: Bush: If Iraqis Ask, We’ll Leave

Cartoons: How’s My Dying?

Ear to the Ground: Iraq Prepares for U.S. Withdrawal

A/V Booth: Retired General Rebuts Bush Rhetoric

Cartoons: Phased Withdrawal

Ear to the Ground: Democrats Will Try Again to End War Funding

Cartoons: What Safety Net?

Ear to the Ground: Is Gates on a Different Page?

Reports: From the Mind of the ‘Commander Guy’

Cartoons: Stamp Happy

A/V Booth: Bush, Democrats Sound Off on the Veto

Ear to the Ground: Bush and Democrats to Hold Wheel-Spinning Session

Ear to the Ground: Bush Shoots Down Troop Pullout Bill

Cartoons: Dominos Theory

Reports: Minimum Compassion for Wage Slaves

Reports: Democrats’ ‘Sellout’ on Bush’s Mercenaries

Cartoons: Unreasonable Expectations

Reports: When All Else Fails, Blame the Democrats

A/V Booth: Stewart Confronts McCain, Calls Administration ‘Almost Criminal’

Ear to the Ground: House Sets Withdrawal Date

Cartoons: Doesn’t Play Well With Others

Reports: Bush Blames the Troops

Ear to the Ground: Poll Finds Democrats Favored as Managers of War

A/V Booth: ‘Daily Show’: Bush Redefines Progress

A/V Booth: Meet the Candidates

Ear to the Ground: Let the Showdown Begin

Ear to the Ground: Pelosi Tells Bush to ‘Calm Down’

Ear to the Ground: Senate Approves Iraq Timetable

Cartoons: Exit Strategy

Reports: Saddam Has the Last Laugh

Reports: The Post-Bush Awakening

Reports: Two Who Got It Right: Scott Ritter in Conversation With Robert Scheer

Cartoons: Exit Strategy

Ear to the Ground: Withdrawal Timetable Defeated in the Senate

A/V Booth: Organization, Democrat-Style

Ear to the Ground: Pentagon Looks Beyond the Surge

Ear to the Ground: House Dems Agree to Timetable

Reports: Can Congress End the War?

Ear to the Ground: Most Americans Want Out of Iraq, No Matter What

Ear to the Ground: Cheney Down Under

Ear to the Ground: Iraqi Government Pleased by British Withdrawal

Ear to the Ground: Blair to Withdraw Up to 3,000 Troops

Cartoons: Mr. Fish: Hillary Prepares to Join the Conversation

Ear to the Ground: Obama Proposes Iraq Deadline

Ear to the Ground: Senate Prepares for Constitutional Showdown

Ear to the Ground: As the U.S. Surges, Britain Withdraws

Ear to the Ground: Troops Starting to Demand Withdrawal

A/V Booth: Feingold Questions Study Group’s Judgment

Ear to the Ground: Rumsfeld Memo Calls for ‘Major Adjustment’

Reports: Joe Conason: Bush’s Defeated Bluster on Iraq

A/V Booth: Truthdig Podcast: Robert Scheer on Iraq After America and More

Truthdig Podcast: Videocast: Robert Scheer on nukes, Iraq after America, and Rumsfeld

Ear to the Ground: Poll: Roughly Two-Thirds Favor Iraq Withdrawal

Ear to the Ground: Survey: Dem Voters Ahead of Leaders on Iraq Pullout

Cartoons: Mr. Fish - Biden’s Withdrawal Problems

Ear to the Ground: Most Polls Show Wide Support for Iraq Troop Withdrawal

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