no open time frame

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Monday August 25, 2008 · 6:15 PM PDT

2008/08/25 · 18:15

As reported today on Rachel Maddow's radio show and in the International Herald Tribune, http://www.iht.com/...

Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki declared that "There can be no treaty or agreement except on the basis of Iraq's full sovereignty," al-Maliki told a gathering of Shiite tribal sheiks. He said any agreement must be based on the principle that "no foreign soldier remains in Iraq after a specific deadline, not an open time frame."

Bush had to immediately dispute Al-Maliki's clear and definitive timetable for full withdrawal, leaving the Bush administration sputtering and bewildered. The real question that needs to be asked of McCain is, will you demand that American troops stay in Iraq against the wishes of the Iraqi government? Intl Herald Trib

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