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64% Favor Removing Almost All U.S. Troops from Iraq |
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Friday, 08 December 2006 |
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(rasmussen) - The Iraq Study Group delivered a long-awaited report to official Washington and called for a fundamental change in U.S. strategy. There is broad public support for one of the bi-partisan panel’s key recommendations—reducing the number of U.S. combat forces in Iraq. The latest Rasmussen Reports survey finds that 64% of American voters favor “removing almost all U.S. combat troops from Iraq by early 2008.” Just 22% are opposed.
However, while voters are supportive of this recommendation, they are not optimistic about its implementation--just 38% think it is likely that most U.S. troops will be withdrawn by 2008. Most (53%) say such an outcome is not very likely or not at all likely. Other recent surveys have shown that voters have low expectations for what the President and Congress will accomplish over the next couple of years. However, a post-election survey did find that Americans have become a bit more optimistic concerning the overall War on Terror. Read More
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