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George H.W. Bush: “A fixed timetable of withdrawal would involve the enemy, would confuse the Iraqis and would send the wrong signal to our…”

On the recordDecember 8, 2005
A fixed timetable of withdrawal would involve the enemy, would confuse the Iraqis and would send the wrong signal to our young men and women in uniform.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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President Bush rejected a timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq.

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