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WASHINGTON (AP) – A solid majority of Americans oppose immediately pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq, citing as a main reason the desire to finish the job of stabilizing the country, an AP-Ipsos poll found. About 57 percent of those surveyed said the U.S. military should stay until Iraq is stabilized, while 36 percent favor an immediate troop withdrawal. A year ago, 71 percent of respondents favored keeping troops in Iraq until it was stabilized. In the poll, when people were asked in an open-ended question the main reason the U.S. should keep troops in Iraq, 32 percent said to...

There’s a new poll out, done by Oxford Research International for ABC News and TIME magazine. Unfortunately, unless you were watching “This Week” on ABC this morning, or this evening’s “World News Tonight,” you likely missed it. George Stephanopoulos referred to this poll on “This Week” this morning as he was speaking with American ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad (taken from closed captioning): “And I want to begin by showing you and our viewers some results from a new poll, conducted by ABC news and "Time" magazine, and other international partners. It's part of our “Iraq: Where Things Stand” series....

NEW BERLIN, Wis. - With three daughters serving in Iraq, John and Lori Witmer had a family Web site with photos from Baghdad, notes to home and messages of encouragement. advertisement “Keep praying! They’re almost home!” a recent entry says. But the top notice, dated Sunday, carried grim news: “We regret to inform you that Michelle Witmer was killed in action April 9th." The 20-year-old private died when her Humvee was ambushed in Baghdad, making her the first woman in the Wisconsin National Guard to die in combat. Her family is asking the military to stop her sisters from being...