John Faulkner (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I refer the minister to Mr Downer’s comments on the AM program this morning, in which he said: ‘Um, I think, you know, we’ll maintain them there, um, for the foreseeable future.’ Can the minister now explain to the Senate what ‘the foreseeable future’ means? Does the government have any idea when it will withdraw troops from Iraq?