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US Policy Unlikely To Change Significantly

November 2008 | Political Risk Analysis

We do not expect that US President-elect Barack Obama will instigate a rapid draw down of American forces in Iraq once he assumes office in January 2009 as he will be wary of jeopardising recent security gains.

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