US to reduce troops size in Iraq early next year (Reuters) Updated: 2005-12-24 14:35
U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
addresses soldiers during a Town Hall meeting in Fallujah, Iraq, December
23, 2005. Rumsfeld said on Friday the number of U.S. combat troops in Iraq
would be cut by some 7,000 by early next year, but the number involved in
training Iraq's new military would increase.
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