Robert McClelland (Barton, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his previous answer and to the report of General David Petraeus to the United States congress overnight in which he said:

Force reductions will continue beyond the pre-surge levels of brigade combat teams that we will reach by mid-July 2008 ...

Contrary to what the Prime Minister said in his previous answer, isn’t General Petraeus clearly talking about US force reductions beyond the recent troop surge? When will the Prime Minister advise the Australian people of his plans for the withdrawal of Australian troops from Iraq?

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