United States Institute of Peace Briefing: Iraq in the Obama Administration

United States Institute of Peace Peace Briefing – Iraq in the Obama Administration, December 2008, Daniel P. Serwer and Sam Parker

  • “President-elect Obama has stated his commitment to withdraw combat brigades from Iraq within 16 months, leaving a residual force of unspecified size for counterterrorism operations, training and equipping Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and protection of Americans. Judging from his statements during the campaign, it appears that the President-elect would like to leave Iraq’s internal problems to the Iraqis and treat Iraq as part of overall regional concerns rather than being his central focus. He aims to reduce America’s Iraq commitments and restore U.S. credibility, prestige and capacity to act worldwide.”
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