Top U.S. general in Iraq can't see an early pullout
Odierno dismisses colonel's memo urging withdrawal of all U.S. forces in 2010
Posted: August 5, 2009 at 5:26 a.m.
The top U.S. general in Iraq said Tuesday that he disagrees with a colonel's memo urging an early troop withdrawal, although he said the security situation is better than expected since American forces turned over security in urban centers to the Iraqis more than a month ago.
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