Schwarzenegger backs 2007 deadline for U.S. in Iraq

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Schwarzenegger backs 2007 deadline for U.S. in Iraq

By Adam Tanner 11 minutes ago

SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican, suggested on Wednesday that the United States should withdraw its military forces from Iraq by the end of this year.

"We should set a deadline and a timeline of when we pull out," he told a annual media lunch in Sacramento.

"I think we should make it very clear to the Iraqi government that we are not going to stay there forever, that the end of this year they have to be self reliant and they have to create a military as quick as possible where they can take care of themselves."

Although the moderate Republican from the nation's most populous state has previously suggested the idea of a timeline for U.S. involvement in Iraq, he has not mentioned a date as soon as the end of 2007.

Schwarzenegger said that he supported President George W. Bush's recent plan to send an additional 21,500 U.S. troops to Iraq.

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While a bipartisan group of Senators is "registering" their opinion on Bush's plan, along comes Ahnuld for the surge and a timeline. It's fascinating to watch the Repubs spin the Democrats into bipartisanspit.

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1. How very wimpy.