Vilsack favors troop reduction
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Democratic presidential hopeful Tom Vilsack said Tuesday it's time for "tough love" in Iraq with a reduction in U.S. troops that would force the government to make the hard decisions about repairing the fractured country.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told the White House before he resigned last month the Bush administration's strategy in Iraq was not working and he proposed changes, including possible troop reductions, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
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The South Korean government approved a plan to halve the size of its troop deployment in Iraq but to extend the mission for another year, officials said.
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New Delhi, Nov. 12: Prime Minister Manmohan Singhâs instructions to reduce troops in Jammu and Kashmir will result in a thinning of military presence both along the Line of Control and in the internal security
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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has announced that the number of troops in insurgency-hit Kashmir will be reduced this winter in view of an &quot;improvement&quot; there, a statement said.
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LAS VEGAS -- Saying the coming weeks will be "one of the last opportunities" to alter the course of the war, Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) said he is now willing to compromise with Republicans to find ways to limit troop deployments in Iraq.
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Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, an early entrant in the 2008 presidential race, is dropping his bid for the Democratic Party nomination, according to the Associated Press.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates met his top military commanders in Iraq on Monday to discuss the pace of U.S. troop reductions, a day after militants killed more than 50 people in a spate of attacks.
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Democrat Tom Vilsack, the former  governor of Iowa, plans to drop his longshot 2008 bid for the  White House, campaign and party sources said on Friday.
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The top U.S. general in Iraq on Monday recommended cutting U.S. troops by about 30,000 by next summer, ending the U.S. "surge" of forces as expected but not fundamentally changing strategy in the unpopular war.
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The chief of the Indian Army says it will start to reduce the number of troops in Kashmir in line with an announcement last week by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
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Democratic Gov. Tom Vilsack launched his long-shot bid for the presidency Thursday, calling for an end to U.S dependence on foreign oil in favor of alternative energy sources.
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WASHINGTON -- Buoyed by a higher turnout and less violence than expected in Sunday's Iraqi election, Pentagon authorities have decided to start reducing the level of US forces in Iraq next month by about 15,000 troops, down to about 135,000, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said yesterday.
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Citing &quot;improvement&quot; in the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday announced a cut in the number of troops deployed in the sensitive border state.
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AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq  - President George W. Bush raised the prospect of troop cuts in Iraq after meeting top commanders at a desert air base on Monday but said any reduction must be made from a position of strength.
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Our position is: The president&#39;s plan to shift troops from Europe recognizes the reality that threats against the nation have changed.
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Italy's defense minister said Saturday coalition forces in Iraq can be ``gradually'' reduced after the January elections if Iraqi troops and police can stabilize the country.