Pentagon officials want a new security pact with Iraq worked out as soon as possible, in part so they can extend support contracts to ensure U.S. forces remaining in that country have food and supplies. Gen. Raymond Odierno, tapped to be the new Army chief of Staff, told the Senate Armed Services Committee “the sooner, the better” in response to a question about how soon the military would prefer a new “status of forces agreement” be put into place. Under the current agreement, all U.S. forces must be removed from Iraq by Dec. 31. Senior U.S. officials, however, have said...