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To: stockman_scott who wrote (143729)9/9/2008 9:00:21 AM
From: T L Comiskey  Respond to of 361150
 
Writer Stephen Coll was second guest
on Charlie Rose last night..
he was at General P's side
for a length of time...
In Iraq recently..
the place is Still a Mess

Bush keeping Iraq troop levels mostly steady

By BEN FELLER, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - President Bush on Tuesday plans to order 8,000 more combat and support troops out of Iraq by February, a measured drawdown that will leave nearly the same level of U.S. forces in the war zone for the rest of the year.

Bush's decision, to be delivered in a speech Tuesday, is perhaps his final stamp on the war that has defined his presidency. The scope and pace of the U.S. troop withdrawals are smaller than long anticipated, reflecting a desire by the military and the president not to jeopardize security gains in Iraq.

By the time the troops return home