Read more troop withdrawal stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4505/troop-withdrawal.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:32:31 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74550/us-fears-53b-in-iraq-reconstruction-will-go-to-ruin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs the American troop withdrawal nears, US officials fear the $53 billion taxpayers have spent since 2003 to rebuild Iraq will be squandered. Facilities from power plants and water treatment facilities to schools and hospitals are at risk of being neglected or abandoned for lack of funding or expertise, the...http://www.newser.com/story/74550/us-fears-53b-in-iraq-reconstruction-will-go-to-ruin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 21 Nov 2009 10:35:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71296/new-challenge-for-us-in-iraq-pulling-out.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmerican forces in Iraq have devoted a full sixth of their manpower to a task one commander compares to moving the entire population of Alaska across the world—with all their stuff. The military, in the biggest movement of personnel and material in over 40 years, is dismantling some 300...http://www.newser.com/story/71296/new-challenge-for-us-in-iraq-pulling-out.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 09 Oct 2009 6:01:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71098/no-afghanistan-withdrawal-obama-tells-lawmakers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama won’t commit to sending more troops to Afghanistan, but neither will he withdraw any, he told congressional leaders in a White House meeting today that included a sharp exchange between the president and Republican Sen. John McCain. Obama wanted to “dispense with the straw man argument that this...http://www.newser.com/story/71098/no-afghanistan-withdrawal-obama-tells-lawmakers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Oct 2009 20:00:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71047/in-wanat-us-learns-value-pain-of-retreat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDays after the bloody battle that has come to be called the "Black Hawk Down" of Afghanistan, US troops left the the isolated Afghan village of Wanat. Fourteen months later, they haven’t returned, giving the Taliban free reign in the Waygal Valley—but the retreat is starting to look like...http://www.newser.com/story/71047/in-wanat-us-learns-value-pain-of-retreat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Oct 2009 8:11:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68339/white-house-braces-for-anti-war-push-from-left.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAdministration officials are concerned that pressure from the left could drive the Afghanistan war effort off the rails early, Politico reports. Rising casualties, along with doubts about strategy and the recent election, are raising fears the White House could be denied a chance to show concrete progress in the country....http://www.newser.com/story/68339/white-house-braces-for-anti-war-push-from-left.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 01 Sep 2009 11:47:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65769/29-killed-in-baghdad-mosque-bombings.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBombs exploded near five Shiite mosques in Baghdad today, killing at least 29 people, according to Iraqi police and hospital officials. The bombings, apparently part of a coordinated attack that targeted worshipers leaving Friday prayers, shattered a period of relative calm in the Iraqi capital. The deaths raised to at...http://www.newser.com/story/65769/29-killed-in-baghdad-mosque-bombings.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 31 Jul 2009 9:31:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65457/gates-makes-surprise-visit-to-iraq.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUS Defense Secretary Robert Gates has landed in Iraq for a surprise visit, the AP reports. He'll meet with troops stationed at a command post in southern Iraq who are largely serving as advisers. He's also expected to see Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, and visit the restive Kurdish region.http://www.newser.com/story/65457/gates-makes-surprise-visit-to-iraq.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Jul 2009 3:17:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65053/iraq-pullout-on-target-obama-maliki.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama met with Nouri al-Maliki today and vowed to keep to his timetable that has all US forces out of Iraq by 2011, the Washington Post reports. The Iraqi prime minister said that his country’s security forces are now “highly capable” of handling the threat posed by insurgents—what...http://www.newser.com/story/65053/iraq-pullout-on-target-obama-maliki.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Jul 2009 16:41:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63184/4-us-troops-killed-during-iraqi-city-pullout.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFour US soldiers were killed in combat shortly before the American military completed a withdrawal from Iraq's cities last night. But prime minister Nouri al-Maliki assured Iraqis in a televised address today that government forces are in control: "Those who think that Iraqis are not able to protect their country...http://www.newser.com/story/63184/4-us-troops-killed-during-iraqi-city-pullout.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 30 Jun 2009 6:50:00 CDT