Gates says US Iraq withdrawal on schedule
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates says warnings that politics could push back Iraqi elections scheduled for January are not affecting his plans for a US troop withdrawal now.
Gates told a Pentagon news conference plans are going ahead for a large US pullout in early 2010. Iraqi lawmakers will vote Saturday on how to break a deadlock over a key election law after a vice president vetoed the legislation, causing a crisis that could delay a national vote scheduled for January. (AP)
