White House downplays Bush remark on Iraq troop pullout
The White House downplayed President George W. Bush’s suggestion that US troops would still be in Iraq when his term ends in January 2009. Bush answered a question at a news conference Tuesday by saying the decision to withdraw US troops from Iraq would be made “by future presidents and future governments of Iraq.” He refused, meanwhile, to specify a date after which US troops would no longer be on Iraqi soil. Full Story