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That was bound to happen the moment President Obama announced a timetable for the surge and a date-certain for withdrawal, thereby giving the Taliban hope that they could bide their time while giving America's coalition partners no good reason to stay.
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The SOFA gives both the new Obama Administration and the Maliki government in Iraq an outside date-certain for ending the US military presence in Iraq — as such its a major achievement for those who wish to see an end to the occupation and a blow to those who hoped for a long-term American presence in that country or major military bases in Iraq.
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Set a date-certain — within three months — for all U.S. troops to leave Iraq and Afghanistan.
End the War 2008
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Set a date-certain — within three months — for all U.S. troops to leave Iraq and Afghanistan.
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- Iraq Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) says, incorrectly insisting that its date-certain deadlines for U.S. troop withdrawals are based on "conditions" on the ground.
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That's because Obey is threatening to block funding for the war lest funding be directly tied both to a clear date-certain goal for withdrawal and to Webb's troop rest measures.
Approps Chair Obey Says He'll Block Funding For War Without Withdrawal Date 2009
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Not clear why he's naming Obama but not Hillary, but nonetheless, Dodd's aggressive insistence on a date-certain for withdrawal has won him plaudits among bloggers and antiwar activists, and this will likely win him more. print share
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In today's response to the Petraeus testimony, Barack Obama said he'd only support future Congressional measures on Iraq that started withdrawal immediately, but he stopped short of saying he wouldn't back something without a date-certain for withdrawal.
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His apparent openness to future funding without a date-certain for withdrawal, won't exactly buoy Congress 'sinking approval ratings.
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Come September, Reid -- aside from peripheral measures such as the troop rest measure -- would appear to have basically only two choices before him on the larger question of war funding: Refuse to fund the war unless the funding is attached to a withdrawal timeline, or agree to fund it without a date-certain.
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