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| Rep. Smith: Iraq 'highly likely' to ask U.S. troops to remain |
| 2011-02-19 |
| Iraqi officials likely will request thousands of U.S. troops remain in that country into next year to provide security and train indigenous forces, a senior lawmaker said Thursday. House Armed Services Committee ranking member Adam Smith (D-Wash.) said he expects most House Democrats to be “amenable” to such an arrangement, which would require a revised U.S.-Iraqi security pact. Under the current agreement between Baghdad and Washington, virtually all American military forces are set to leave Iraq by the end of 2011. But some defense officials, experts and lawmakers are questioning whether the progress made on security there in recent years can be maintained once U.S. troops are gone. U.S. forces have made progress in creating stability in Iraq, Smith said, but “the question is: Is that sustainable? I worry about that a great deal.” |
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| #1 I guess it's too much to hope for USA replying: "Sorry. Gotta run. Have to see a man about a dog.". |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-02-19 14:33 |