Kucinich: We are Not Exiting Afghanistan. We are Staying.

[ProSense]

73. Wow, that

Here

The request for troops was COMING from the US to Iraq.

...link to the rumor on HuffPo changes everything! From the link:

The Obama administration is willing to drop American troop levels in Iraq to as low as 3,000 by the end of this year, The Huffington Post has confirmed.

The new figure, first reported Tuesday by Fox News, represents a significant drop in the number of American military personnel expected to remain in the country after the American mission in Iraq expires on Dec. 31.

A source familiar with the situation told HuffPost that the 3,000 figure was correct, although there may end up being as many as 5,000 troops in the country at any time, given the logistics of troop rotations.

Administration and Pentagon officials had hoped to secure Iraqi-government approval for a larger troop presence in Iraq into 2012, with the U.S. recently pushing for a final figure of around 10,000. But administration officials have lately come to believe that approval would be hard to get for anything more than a few thousand troops.

Now, there is a reliable source. LOL!

Here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=640498