Guess who Bush is meeting with today ?!

[kentuck]

No, it's not Cindy Sheehan. He's meeting with his defense and foreign policy advisers, according to news reports. The Repubs in the Congress and Senate need the withdrawal as a election protection strategy next year. They are obviously putting some pressure on the White House to help them in their re-elections.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=a3B9yheTgCi0&refer=us

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Aug. 11 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush and his defense and foreign policy advisers meet at the president's ranch today facing a dilemma on Iraq, with pressure to start bringing troops home balanced against the risk of destabilizing the new government if the U.S. withdraws too soon.

The administration has settled on a ``rolling target'' for troop reductions as the Iraqis approach another political milestone next week by drafting a constitution, according to administration officials and defense analysts.

``We can't ramp up because we don't have the forces,'' said Loren Thompson, of the Lexington Institute, a defense policy research group in Arlington, Virginia. ``That leaves two choices: we stick it out for years to come or come up with some excuse to draw down our forces'' he said. ``It is abundantly clear that the Bush administration wants out.''