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Troop "withdrawal" measure faulty.(INSIDE TRACK)(American troops in Iraq)
There is no question that the Senate debate on whether or not to withdraw our troops from Iraq has been contentious. It is not every day, of course, when senators argue an issue in an around-the-clock session, as occurred on July 17-18, prior to a failed attempt to end debate so that a troop-reduction measure could be voted up or down. The vote was 52-47, well short of the 60 needed to invoke cloture and bring the measure up for a vote.
Yet it is highly questionable how many of our troops would come home if the legislation were passed, all of the political theater and media hype notwithstanding. For starters, the legislative measure, which was offered in the form an amendment to the defense authorization bill, does not call for the withdrawal of our troops from Iraq, but for their "reduction and transition."
How large would that troop reduction be? The Senate measure does not provide a number. Under the heading "Limited Presence After Reduction and Transition," it instead says that our secretary of defense may "deploy or maintain" our soldiers in ...
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