Reopen talks to keep U.S. force in Iraq

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Author(s)	Joe Lieberman
Source	USA Today
Date	October 25, 2011
URL	http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/story/2011-10-24/Keep-US-forces-Iraq/50897452/1
Quote	In order to decrease the risk of the worst case scenarios for Iraq and America, our military leaders have long argued that it is critical to keep a small U.S. force in Iraq after this year, since the Iraqi Security Forces still lack key capabilities and the country's stability is not yet secured. In fact, every military leader I have spoken to in recent years with any responsibility for Iraq has told me we must keep at least 10,000 troops there after this year to ensure that our hard-won gains are not lost.

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This item argues against the position Coalition troops should pull out on the topic Post-invasion Iraq.