Early Iraq exit draws look
U.S. weighs quicker pullout of 5,000 combat troops
Posted: July 30, 2009 at 5:57 a.m.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, walks to his plane with the top US commander in Iraq, Gen. Ray Odierno as he prepares to depart Baghdad to Irbil.
A combat brigade of 5,000 American troops may be brought home early from Iraq if an emerging trend of reduced violence holds, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday.
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