Responding to press reports that the Bush administration is planning to start withdrawing troops from Iraq next spring, Rep. Ike Skelton (D-MO) yesterday outlined a series of steps to be taken before implementing such a drawdown. "Based on recent visits to my congressional district in Missouri, I believe such a [withdrawal] will be very politically popular," the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee said. "I, too, want to bring them home." However, "it is imperative that any plans...
