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Anthony Cordesman, the CSIS Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, was quoted by the New York Sun,, "Adviser: Obama Plan Allows for 2009 Iraq Elections."
March 11, 2008

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Burke Chair in Strategy

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Defense Policy

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Anthony H. Cordesman

Excerpt:

A senior military adviser to Senator Obama says Iraqi national elections, scheduled for late 2009, would be possible under the Democratic presidential candidate's plan to withdraw American combat brigades from Iraq. . . .

It is too early to estimate the troop levels necessary for the 2009 Iraqi national elections, Anthony Cordesman, of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said.

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