Timeline: A one-year deadline, nine months later

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April 5, 2006 Two Deadlines and an Exit

June 22, 2006 Kerry-Feingold amendment to withdraw US combat forces from Iraq by July 1, 2007 voted on in U.S. Senate

July 27, 2006 “Precipitous” Withdrawal Defined

August 3, 2006 Kerry: "Administration Sending U.S. Troops into Crossfire of Escalating Civil War"

October 1, 2006 FROM VIETNAM to IRAQ: State of Denial

November 6, 2006 There's something happening here

December 12, 2006 Bush reiterates opposition to 'precipitous' withdrawal from Iraq

December 16, 2006 Options Sought for Surge in U.S. Troops to Stabilize Iraq

January 17, 2007 3,026

KERRY: One year from now, troops -- look, the Iraq Study Group said, at the end of this year. I believe, at the end of this year or one year from today, when we pass it, you could require the Iraqis to assume the major responsibilities.

Now, if you're telling me that we can't transfer that within one year, I think most Americans would believe that that is the outside limit of what we ought to give them at this point.

The point is, Wolf, unless you leverage a certitude, the necessity for them to assume responsibility, they won't assume it. And they will use American troops as a cover for their continuing power struggle between each other.

JK: Well, it's hard to say. You know, there'll be a lot of people nervous about the issue of the funding. But I think, if you're opposed to the escalation, then you can't be content just to say “I'm opposed,” or to vote for a non-binding resolution. You've got to make an effort to try to say, “we don't want this bad policy to be implemented.” And you've got to think about those young men and women in uniform. I mean, they, they're the ones on the front line. They're the ones who are going to be put in harm's way. They're the ones who are going to go out there with some Iraqi soldiers of, you know, a dubious level of experience, and go out into the community. And I think they deserve to know that we're doing everything in our power to put the right policy in place for them.

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1. Wait another

six months for what?