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  • Deadline on Troop Withdrawal Sends the Wrong Message, Bush Says - (reaction to Ft.Bragg speech)

    06/29/2005 11:01:19 AM PDT · by CHARLITE · 1 replies · 253+ views
    GOPUSA.COM ^ | JUNE 29, 2005 | SUSAN JONES
    Announcing a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq would send the wrong message to the troops, to Iraq, and to terrorists, President Bush said Tuesday. Responding to calls by a number of lawmakers and other critics, Bush assured Americans in a televised speech delivered at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, that the troops would not remain one day longer than needed. But setting a deadline for their withdrawal would be "a serious mistake," he said. "Setting an artificial timetable would send the wrong message to the Iraqis who need to know that America will not leave before the...