Obama urges 2008 Iraq withdrawal
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Democratic candidate for White House wants all combat brigades out by end of 2008.
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Tony Blair is under pressure from his own party to name a date for pulling British troops out of Iraq.
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Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama on Friday blamed Bush Administration failings in Iraq for strengthening the strategic position of Iran, which he says must be stopped from acquiring nuclear weapons.
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Democratic presidential  hopeful Barack Obama, citing the legacy of Abraham Lincoln,  pledged on Saturday to bridge the partisan divide in  Washington, end the war in Iraq and transform American politics  as the first black U.S. president.
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Democrats in the US Congress propose legislation requiring all US troops to leave Iraq by August 2008.
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The United States should start to  withdraw militarily and politically from Iraq and aim to pull  out all troops as early as possible next year, Sen. Edward  Kennedy said on Thursday.
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The United States must begin to  withdraw militarily and politically from Iraq to prevent  worsening violence and hand over full responsibility to the  United Nations, Sen. Edward Kennedy said on Thursday.
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In a slip of the tongue, Republican Mitt Romney accused Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama of urging terrorists to congregate in Iraq.
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Democrat Barack Obama said he is better positioned to change Washington and to end the Iraq war if elected president in an unusually spirited critique of rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and John McCain on Saturday
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The United States should be able to withdraw five combat brigades from Iraq by mid-2008 because troops have held onto security gains made this year, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday.
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Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday proposed legislation that would bring American combat troops out of Iraq by August 2008 at the latest.
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"The government hopes that the president will agree to ending Poland's mission in Iraq by October 2008"  Poland's new government formally asked the president Tuesday to approve the country's withdrawal from Iraq by Oct. via The Boston Globe
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Friday that his top rival's attempt to pressure the Bush administration to end the war in Iraq is "a convoluted approach to the problem."
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Democratic leaders in the U.S. Congress on Thursday proposed withdrawing all American combat troops from Iraq by next year, saying President George W. Bush's war strategy had failed and that the United States must instead focus on a brewing storm in Afghanistan.
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Defence Secretary Robert Gates hints that the US could withdraw thousands of troops from Iraq during 2008.
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Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama Wednesday demanded a withdrawal of US combat troops from Iraq by late 2008, using a new war plan as a prism to attack his top rival Hillary Clinton.
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Friday blamed Bush administration failings in Iraq for strengthening the strategic position of Iran, which he says must be stopped from acquiring nuclear weapons.