U.S. Troops May Stay in Iraq Through 2004

WASHINGTON -- Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said Thursday that "significant forces" from the United States probably will remain in Iraq through the end of next year. While he declined to estimate how long troops would have to remain, Wolfowitz said "certainly no one I know believes that we are not going to be in Iraq with significant forces right through the end of next year." Wolfowitz appeared before the House Armed Services Committee with the U.S. civil administrator for Iraq, L. Paul Bremer, and other Pentagon officials. They were seeking support for President Bush's proposal for $87 billion for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Posted by Editor at September 26, 2003 09:25 AM