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Troops in Iraq: Hillary sets timeframe

Press Trust of India

Monday, January 14, 2008, (Washington)

Democrat presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has said that her government will withdraw American soldiers from Iraq within 60 days if she comes to power.

She set a firm time-frame for the first time for a pullout of troops from the embattled nation.

"I have said that as soon as I become president, I will ask the Joint Chiefs, secretary of defence, my security advisers to give me a plan to begin withdrawing our troops within 60 days", she said on 'Meet The Press' programme.

Slamming President George W Bush's administration for not "planning" for the troop-withdrawal, the New York Senator said: "Starting on day one of my presidency, we will begin that planning. We will begin to withdraw our troops within 60 days.

"I think we can take out one to two brigades a month. At the same time, I will put increasing pressure on the Iraqi government. I will engage in a full diplomatic effort to work with the countries in the region and others who have an interest in the stability of Iraq", she said.

"As of January 20, 2009", she said "we will begin to bring our troops out of Iraq. Therefore, I certainly believe it's in the interests of the Iraqi government and the people of Iraq that a lot of this reconciliation that I've been calling for going back four or five years start and actually
get implemented now."

Though she defended her vote in the Senate in 2002 on Iraq, Clinton ruled out any further support for the surge if the American commander in Iraq Gen David Petraeus were to come before Congress in March asking for continued backing of lawmakers.

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