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and that calls for all u.s. troops to be out of iraq by the end of the year, so this is deeply embarrassing for the white house and for the defense secretary for this number to be leaked, but multiple defense officials have confirmed to us that panetta signed off on this 3000 troops plus enablers. here s the reaction from capitol hill. i can tell you, i ve been to iraq over the years, i ve talked to all of our commanders there. none of them ever told me we would need as few as 3000 troops. senators lieberman, john mccain and lindsey graham issued this statement, quote, this is dramatically lower than what our military leaders have consistently told us over the course of repeated visits to iraq that they require, and that is needed to support iraq in safeguarding the hard won gains that our two nations have achieved at such great costs. what defense officials are telling us is that if there a 3000 u.s. troops left, they will be doing a very narrow training mission. they will not be

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