Top Sunni Asked Bush for Pullout Timeline! Any coverage in M$M of this?

flpoljunkie

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Thu Jun-15-06 12:11 PM
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Top Sunni Asked Bush for Pullout Timeline! Any coverage in M$M of this?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/15/AR2006061500203_pf.html

Top Sunni Asked Bush for Pullout Timeline

The Associated Press
Thursday, June 15, 2006; 4:25 AM

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq's vice president has asked President Bush for a timeline for the withdrawal of foreign forces from Iraq, the Iraqi president's office said.

Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, a Sunni, made the request during his meeting with Bush on Tuesday, when the U.S. president made a surprise visit to Iraq.

"I supported him in this," President Jalal Talabani said in a statement released Wednesday. Al-Hashimi's representatives could not immediately be reached for comment Thursday.

Bush made it clear during his visit that the U.S. military presence _ now at about 132,000 troops _ would continue, though he stressed the fate of the Iraqis was in their own hands.

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OKNancy

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Thu Jun-15-06 12:13 PM
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1. The Washington Post is about as Mainstream Media

as it gets.

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SeveneightyWhoa

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Thu Jun-15-06 12:17 PM
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2. If AP and WP aren't "Mainstream Media"..

..then really, what is?!

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flpoljunkie

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Thu Jun-15-06 12:20 PM
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3. This was an AP article posted on the Washington Post website, not an

Edited on Thu Jun-15-06 12:23 PM by flpoljunkie

article written by a Washington Post writer. No mention yet in cable news, either.

It was also posted at 4:25AM, and notably has not been carried forward today.

Check out this link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/04/01/LI2005040100198.html

Do you see anything about it?

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Roland99

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Fri Jun-16-06 09:45 AM
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6. Hmm...was out in plenty of time for the morning news shows

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flpoljunkie

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Fri Jun-16-06 09:28 AM
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4. Murtha just mentioned this on the House floor! Buried in the M$M, though!

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npincus

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Fri Jun-16-06 09:40 AM
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5. Sssssssssssh, it's a SECRET.

(don't tell anyone).

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