UKTimes: White House is not happy with the timing of Blair's Iraq troop announcement [View All]

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article1421381.ece

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Diplomatic sources in Wash-ington told The Times that the White House had been unhappy with Mr Blair’s announcement so soon after Congress had delivered its rebuke of the planned increase in US troop levels in Iraq. Although President Bush had long been aware that Britain was likely to begin withdrawing troops this year, he believed that “the timing of this was not helpful”, with aides asking if this “really needed to be done now”.