Obama says he has always reserved the right to adjust his Iraq troop withdrawal timetable

September 17th, 2009 Biden: Iraq won't alter troop withdrawal timingBAGHDAD — Vice President Joe Biden says he is confident that Iraq will not alter the timetable for the withdrawal of American troops. Biden told reporters in Baghdad on Thursday that there are a number of steps that would have to be taken before Iraq could call a referendum that could alter the so-called status of forces agreement.

July 22nd, 2009 Obama says US on schedule to leave Iraq by 2011WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Wednesday that despite continuing violence in Iraq, the U.S. is on schedule to remove all troops by the end of 2011.

July 22nd, 2009 Obama says transition in Iraq going wellWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says there's been good cooperation between U.S. and Iraqi forces following the end of U.S.

July 22nd, 2009 Obama says US will keep pledge to leave IraqWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says violence will continue in Iraq, but that the insurgents will fail. Obama met Wednesday with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (NEW-ree ahl MAHL-eh-key) at the White House.

July 2nd, 2009 US vice president in IraqBAGHDAD — U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Iraq on Thursday to visit U.S.

July 2nd, 2009 Biden visits Iraq, will meet with leadersBAGHDAD — U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Iraq on Thursday to visit U.S.

July 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama has described the completion of withdrawal of US combat troops from Iraqi cities as an "important milestone". In brief remarks made at a White House event Tuesday, he said the drawback meant that Iraq's future is now in the hands of its leaders and people.

June 5th, 2009 US military reports 2 US troop deaths in IraqBAGHDAD — The U.S. military on Friday reported two American troop deaths in Iraq, including a soldier who was killed in a grenade attack north of Baghdad.

April 22nd, 2009 Pentagon: Insurgent attacks likely to rise in IraqWASHINGTON — The Pentagon's top Middle East adviser said Wednesday insurgent attacks in Iraq will probably increase as U.S. forces start to leave, but there's no plan now to delay troop departures.

February 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - President Barak Obama plans to withdraw majority of the US troops from Iraq by August 2010, officials said. According to the plan, of the 142,000 US troops in Iraq, 30,000-50,000 soldiers would remain in the country till December 2011, while the rest would move out by August 2010, media reports said quoting government officials.

January 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Describing Afghanistan as the greatest military challenge for the US, Defence Secretary Robert Gates has indicated that missile strikes in Pakistan will continue to root out Al Qaeda members based across the porous border. 'There is little doubt that our greatest military challenge right now is Afghanistan,' Gates said in his first comments to the Congress as President Barack Obama's defence secretary Tuesday.

January 26th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The elections in Iraq Jan 31 are the first of three this year that will be critical for evaluating the country's stability and determining how quickly US President Barack Obama can move forward on a campaign promise to order larger withdrawals of combat troops. Iraqis are set to cast ballots in provincial elections followed later this year by local and then national elections in what is seen as a test of political reconciliation especially between rival Shiite and Sunni populations.

January 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US military is to deploy about 20,000 Marines to Afghanistan in six to eight months, a senior military officer has said. 'The time is right for Marines to leave Iraq,' Marine Commandant James Conway told reporters here, adding that the deployment is a result of troop withdrawal from Iraq.

January 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US president-elect Barack Obama would deal with military withdrawal from Iraq and the domestic financial crisis after his swearing-in, incoming White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Sunday. 'First he's going to meet with his economic team to see where we are on an economic recovery and re-investment plan ...

December 30th, 2008 BAGHDAD - Iraq's defence ministry Wednesday signed two agreements on the withdrawal of British and Australian troops from the country, a ministry spokesman said. The agreements came hours before the expiry of the United Nations Security Council Mandate.