The timetable that dare not speak its name

Posted By Blake Hounshell Friday, July 18, 2008 - 6:39 PM Share

In the area of security cooperation, the President and the Prime Minister agreed that improving conditions should allow for the agreements now under negotiation to include a general time horizon for meeting aspirational goals -- such as the resumption of Iraqi security control in their cities and provinces and the further reduction of U.S. combat forces from Iraq.

—Statement by the Press Secretary on Iraq, WhiteHouse.gov

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