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Mon Feb-09-09 10:54 AM
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U.S. commanders favour slower Iraq pullout ... Slower? How many have we pulled out so far?

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Edited on Mon Feb-09-09 10:58 AM by NNN0LHI

http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE51629M20090208

Sun Feb 8, 2009 7:54am GMT

By Andrew Gray

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. military planners have drawn up three options to allow President Barack Obama to withdraw U.S. combat troops from Iraq, with senior commanders favouring the slowest of the three, officials said on Saturday.

The timelines under discussion are 16 months, proposed by Obama as a centrepiece of his presidential campaign, 19 months and 23 months, the officials said.

"The focus of the effort is on those three options," said a U.S. official familiar with the process.

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