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US military may seek further troop reductions in Iraq: admiral
AFP, July, 2008
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WASHINGTON (AFP) — Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs, said Wednesday he would likely recommend "further troop reductions" in coming months if security continues to improve in Iraq.
"Security is unquestionably and remarkably better" in Iraq, Mullen told a Pentagon press briefing.
"Indeed, if these trends continue I expect to be able early in the fall to recommend to the secretary and to the president further troop reductions."
Mullen, who visited Iraq last week as part of a trip to the Middle East, said he had expected to find security conditions improved.
"I did not expect, however, that those conditions would be at such a level that I could walk the Jamilla market in Sadr City... or that Iraqi security forces would now have the confidence and the command to take the lead as much as they are."
The admiral's assessments come as the ...
