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Robert Gates: “Defense Secretary Robert Gates says a troop drawdown from Iraq is, in fact, a real possibility since he said conditions…”

On the recordJuly 30, 2008
Defense Secretary Robert Gates says a troop drawdown from Iraq is, in fact, a real possibility since he said conditions there have improved dramatically, but adds the final decision will be made by General David Petraeus.
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Robert Gates
Republican · Texas

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Robert Gates comments on the potential for troop withdrawal from Iraq based on improved conditions.

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