WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George
W. Bush is expected to keep the number of U.S. troops in Iraq basically at
current level through the year-end before withdrawing 8,000 combat troops when
he is leaving office next January.
The website of Washington Post quoted White House
sources as saying Monday that the decision is based on recommendations of Bush's
top military aides.
The president is expected to make a formal
announcement about the decision Tuesday at his speech at the National Defense
University.
There are some 147,000 U.S. troops in Iraq at
present.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W.
Bush may announce a decision on the troop levels in Iraq next week, White House
said on Friday.
White House spokeswoman Dana Perino told reporters
that the president would "likely" make his announcement next week but it would
not come with the U.S.-Iraq strategic agreement. Full story
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W.
Bush has received a briefing by the Pentagon officials about further troop
withdrawal from Iraq, said the White House on Thursday.
"The president is now considering his options, and I
would expect that as he works through that, as soon as he's finished with it,
we'll be able to provide you more information," White House spokeswoman Dana
Perino said without elaborating on more details. Full story
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Top U.S. commander in Iraq
David Petraeus has submitted a draft plan to set the pace of withdrawing troops
from Iraq, raising the expectations of more troop cuts this fall.
The Washington Post's web site quoted military
sources as saying Saturday that the plan were submitted to Defense Secretary
Robert Gates and Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Full story
