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Vertical Horizon

By Barron YoungSmith
Posted Saturday, July 19, 2008, at 5:38 AM ET All of today’s papers lead with news that President Bush has agreed to a “general time horizon” for U.S. troop withdrawals from combat missions in Iraq.

Bush has often derided Democratic calls for a withdrawal timetable–but he’s now agreeing to a “general time horizon for meeting aspirational goals,” including troop cuts the New York Times calls “notional,” at the behest of Iraq’s PM. The president says his position is consistent with changes on the ground, but that hasn’t stopped Dems in Congress from gloating.

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Barron YoungSmith is an editorial web intern at The New Republic.

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