Candidates on Permanent Bases in Iraq
Lots of big foreign relations news out of the White House today: there’s the preparation for the Annapolis summit that begins tomorrow and the requisite releases after meeting with the Israeli and Palestinian Annapolis conference participants, plus the agreement signed with Iraqi leaders that would layout long-term plans regarding the U.S. role in the country.
Thus far we have not heard too much from the candidates as to a potential post-war strategy for Iraq. But now that President Bush has set a standard (and in all fairness, in a document agreed to by the Iraqi government as well), we should start to see reactions from the candidates and discussion of the changes to come if the Dems have their way and remove the majority of troops from the country in the near future. TPM has Chris Dodd’s take on permanent bases in Iraq here. How long before the Marshall Plan references become commonplace?