Mullen: Conditions-Based Withdrawal Strategy Seeing Success in Iraq

By Carlo Muñoz / June 10, 2008 at 5:00 AM
The Pentagon's top uniformed leader said today he is opposed to establishing a firm timetable for a drawdown of U.S. forces in Iraq, noting the department's current "conditions-based" strategy has already paid dividends in securing the war-torn country. "I have not been one that thought a firm schedule was the way to go. And probably, said another way, I believe in the conditions-based approach we are in to that right now," Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael...

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