The president's plan, even after the end of its withdrawal timeline is reached, will  leave in place up to 50,000 U.S. troops. — PolitiFact National on Friday,  February 27th, 2009. False. McCain is further back than Gore was. John McCain ·  "The McCain campaign is roughly in the position where Vice President Gore was  ...
Feb 27, 2009 ... WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama said Friday he plans to withdraw most  U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of August 2010. Obama says he plans to keep up  to 50,000 support troops in Iraq after the combat. President Obama talks about  his Iraq War withdrawal plan at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, ...
The withdrawal of U.S. military forces from Iraq began in December 2007 with the  end of the Iraq War troop surge of 2007 and was completed by December 2011,  bringing an end to the Iraq War. The number of U.S. military forces in Iraq peaked  at 170,300 in November 2007. The withdrawal of U.S. military forces from Iraq ...
As US troops were invading Iraq in March 2003, former President George Bush  announced that "our forces will be coming home as soon as their work is done. ....  a decade after initiating the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, the US is struggling  to maintain stability in both nations, jeopardizing its timeline for withdrawal.
Dec 14, 2011 ... Parliament approves pact after negotiations 10 days later. February 27 - New  U.S. President Barack Obama announces plan to end U.S. combat operations in  Iraq by August 31, 2010, but says he will leave up to 50,000 troops to train Iraqi  forces. June 4, 2010 - U.S. military says there are 88,000 troops in ...
The president's plan, even after the end of its withdrawal timeline is reached, will leave in place up to 50,000 U.S. troops.