Bush to announce halt on Iraq troop withdrawals
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President Bush is today expected to take the advice of his top commander in Iraq and suspend troop withdrawals from the country beyond July.
By endorsing the recommendations of General David Petraeus to Congress earlier this week, Bush will effectively guarantee that about 140,000 US servicemen and women will still be in Iraq when the next president takes office.
In a progress report on the war five years after the fall of Baghdad, Bush will announce shorter combat tours, with army units heading to Iraq after August 1 serving 12-month tours rather than their current 15-month deployment — a move that war critics say the president had to make to ease strain on the armed forces.
By endorsing the recommendations of General David Petraeus to Congress earlier this week, Bush will effectively guarantee that about 140,000 US servicemen and women will still be in Iraq when the next president takes office.
In a progress report on the war five years after the fall of Baghdad, Bush will announce shorter combat tours, with army units heading to Iraq after August 1 serving 12-month tours rather than their current 15-month deployment — a move that war critics say the president had to make to ease strain on the armed forces.
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