Petraeus Punts on How Long We’ll Stay in Iraq

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Rep Vic Snyder (D-AK) took a look at Gen. Petraeus’ plan for drawing down troops and had a question: how long will we ultimately be in Iraq? Petraeus didn’t answer.

Notice that over some unspecified period of time, Petraeus envisions drawing down to five U.S. brigades, for strategic and operational “overwatch” purposes, which would mean between 20,000 and 25,000 troops remaining in the country. In fairness, this is a question for President Bush — more realistically, his successor — but getting an answer is still critical.

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